56. Adlson\'s disease is also known as exopthalmkc golter S7. Acromegaly is a ch

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56. Adlson's disease is also known as exopthalmkc golter S7. Acromegaly is a childhood disease resuiting from under actvity of the pituitary Bland 58. Dlabetes mellitus results from a lack of Insulin 59. Lack of thyroid activity from Infancy causes a conditlon known as dwarfism Go. the element needed for the production of thyroxine 61. The plneal gland Is located in the cranial cavity at about the middle of the brain 62. Somatotropin is another name for growth hormone 63. ICSH is male equivalent of L 64. Which of the following is not produced the anterlor pitultary? a. Prolactin b. Lutenizing hormone c. Thyroid stimulating hormone d. growth hormone e. Atrial natriuretic peptide 65. The target tissues for oxytocin are a. C Kidney and adrenal glands, b. Breasts and pineal body Uterus and breasts, d. Thyroid and Para-thyroid, e. Hypothalamus and pituitary 66.All hormones a. Are produced by endocrine glands, b.are lip-soluble molecules C are carried to target cells by in the blood, d. are proteln molecules Elicit the same biological response from all their target cells e. 67. In a positive-feedback system where hormone A alters theamount of protein X a. an increase in A always produces an increase in X b. an increase in X always produces a decrease in A c. a decrease in A always produces an Increase in X d. a decrease in X always causes a decrease in A e. it is impossible to predict how A and X affect each other 68. During mammalian labor and delvery, the contraction of uterine muscles is enhanced by oxytocin. This is an example of a. a negative feedback system, b. b. a hormone that acts in an antagonlstic way with another hormone d signal transduction Immediately changing gene expression in its target cells e the key role of the anterior pituitary gland in regulating uterine contraction

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56. False. It is also known as primary adrenal insufficiency.

57. False. It affects mostly adults.

58. Diabetes is classified as type I and type 2. It can be due to either decreased insulin or body unable to responds towards insulin. true.

59. False. Decreases secretion of growth hormone causes dwarfism.

60. True.

61. False. Pineal gland is located in the center of the brain.

62. True.

63.

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