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51. Cortisol______________?
A. Secretion increases following injury
B. Favours protein synthesis
C. Enhances antigen – antibody reactions
D. Tends to lower blood pressure
52. All are seen in Cushing ‘s syndrome except_______________?
A. Truncal obesity
B. Hypertension
C. Hypoglycemia
D. Poor wound healing
53. Which is false regarding insulin______________?
A. Secreted by beta cells
B. Glycopeptide
C. Causes lipogenesis
D. Promotes glycogenesis
54. Human chorionic gonadotrophin hormone ( HCG)______________?
A. Acts on the uterus to maintain integrity of endometrium in early pregnancy
B. Production is greatest in the last three months of pregnancy
C. Can be identified in the urine of pregnant women by immunological technique
D. Is a steroid hormone
55. Regarding myxedema the following are true except______________?
A. Swollen, oedematous look of the face
B. Impotency, amenorrhea
C. B.M.R increased by 30 -45%
D. Dullness, loss of memory
56. The catecholamines secreted by adrenal medulla______________?
A. Increases the blood glucose level by favoring glycogenolysis in blood and muscle cells
B. Decrease the level o free fatty acids and ketone bodies
C. Increase the splanchnic blood flow
D. Are under the control of parasy
57. In thyrotoxicosis , there is______________?
A. Decrease in calcium excretion
B. Increase in serum proteins which bind throxine
C. Potentiation of catecholamine action
D. Increase in calcium excretion
58. Progesterone production in the ovary is primarily by______________?
A. Stroma
B. Corpora albicans
C. Corpora lutea
D. Mature follicles
59. All the following hormones are secreted by adrenal cortex except_______________?
A. Estriol
B. Cortisol
C. Corticosterone
D. Aldosterone
60. Contraceptive action of combined pill is mainly due to_______________?
A. Decrease in tubal motility
B. Prevents the fertilization
C. Prevents the implantation of fertilized egg
D. Inhibits ovulation