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The Endocrine System — Question 11

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John tried to match the hormones with the disorders caused due to their hyposecretion. He tabulated the pairs as follows:

HormonesDisorders caused due to hyposecretion
PDiabetes mellitus
QDiabetes insipidus

Identify the correct pairs of hormones.

  1. P - Insulin, Q - Vasopressin

  2. P - Prolactin, Q - Insulin

  3. P - Insulin, Q - Glucagon

  4. P - Thyroxine, Q - Adrenaline

Answer

P - Insulin, Q - Vasopressin

Reason

The function of insulin is to regulate blood sugar levels and its hyposecretion causes diabetes mellitus (high blood sugar). The function of vasopressin is to help kidney in reabsorption of water and its hyposecretion causes diabetes insipidus.