Tag: plants and animal hormones
Questions Related to plants and animal hormones
Which endocrine gland becomes inactive after puberty?
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Thyroid
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Parathyroid
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Thymus
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Gonads
Thymus becomes inactive after puberty and shrinks. Most of the glands is replaced by adipose tissue. It produces thymosin which stimulates the development of disease-fighting T cells. The immune system produces most of its T cells during childhood and requires very few new T cells after puberty so the gland degenerates.
Ageing is caused by disappearance of
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Which one of the following is gradually reduced and degenerated in ageing according to immunity theory
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Which is called "Clock of ageing"
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Thyroid
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Parathyroids
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Thymus
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Pitutary
According to one of the theories of ageing, the decline and disappearance of which gland by late middle age is the primary cause of ageing?
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Thyroid
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Parathyroid
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Thymus
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Posterior lobe of pituitary
Which of these is related to the maturation of lymphocytes?
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Thymus
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Thyroid
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Adrenal
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Pituitary
Which of the following glands grows to the maximum size at puberty and then diminishes gradually?
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Thymus
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Pituitary
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Thyroid
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Adrenal
Endocrine gland responsible for immunity is
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Pineal
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Thymus
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Pituitary
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Adrenal
Removal or absence of thymus in early life shall bring about
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Lack of lymphocytes
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Lack of antibodies
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Decreased immune response
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All of the above
Which endocrine gland becomes inactive after puberty?
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Adrenal
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Pineal
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Thymus
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Pituitary
Hassall's corpuscles are found in
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Thyroid
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Thymus
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Adrenal
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Pineal
An endocrine gland that atrophies at the age of 14 - 16 years is
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Thyroid
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Thymus
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Pancreas
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Spleen