Chemical Coordination and Integration


  1. A candidate vaccine for male contraception is based on









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    Progesterone is a steroid hormone secreted by corpus luteum and causes routine temporary changes in the endometrial lining of uterus. Follicle stimulating hormone secreted by anterior pituitary lobe stimulates spermatogenesis in testes of males. Luteinizing hormone activates Leydig’s cells of testes to secrete testosterones.

    Correct Option: C

    Progesterone is a steroid hormone secreted by corpus luteum and causes routine temporary changes in the endometrial lining of uterus. Follicle stimulating hormone secreted by anterior pituitary lobe stimulates spermatogenesis in testes of males. Luteinizing hormone activates Leydig’s cells of testes to secrete testosterones.


  1. Insulin differs from growth hormone in that it









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    Insulin is released from the pancreas it helps in conversion of glucose to fatty acids. It increases fat synthesis in adipose tissues.

    Correct Option: D

    Insulin is released from the pancreas it helps in conversion of glucose to fatty acids. It increases fat synthesis in adipose tissues.



  1. The gland that regresses with age is









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    Thymus gland is present in children with maximum development at puberty and thereafter it begins to shrink and atrophies with the development of sex glands.

    Correct Option: C

    Thymus gland is present in children with maximum development at puberty and thereafter it begins to shrink and atrophies with the development of sex glands.


  1. Calcitonin is a thyroid hormone which









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    Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone which lowers calcium and phosphate level of plasma by inhibiting bone degradation and stimulating their uptake by bone. Parathyroid hormone elevates calcium level in blood.

    Correct Option: A

    Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone which lowers calcium and phosphate level of plasma by inhibiting bone degradation and stimulating their uptake by bone. Parathyroid hormone elevates calcium level in blood.



  1. The most important component of the oral contraceptive pill is









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    Use of contraceptive pills is a wide spread form of birth control. Contraceptive pills contain estrogen and progesterone. The production of the pituitary hormones FSH & LH in the normal sexual cycle of a female is shut down by these hormones. In the absence of FSH, the ovarian follicles do not ripe and ovulation does not occur in the absence of LH.

    Correct Option: D

    Use of contraceptive pills is a wide spread form of birth control. Contraceptive pills contain estrogen and progesterone. The production of the pituitary hormones FSH & LH in the normal sexual cycle of a female is shut down by these hormones. In the absence of FSH, the ovarian follicles do not ripe and ovulation does not occur in the absence of LH.