Question

Read the following table and answer the questions given below.

S.No.	Name of the gland	Location	Hormone secreted
1.	Pituitary	Floor of brain	Somatotropin Gonadotropin
2.	Thyroid	Neck	Thyroxine
3.	Ovary	Lower abdomen	Estrogen
4.	Testis	Scrotal sac	Testosterone

i) Write the importance of glands and hormones.

ii) Which hormone is responsible for growth of bone? 

iii) What happens if testosterone is not secreted?

iv) Where does the gland that secretes thyroxine is located?

v) Which glands are common in male and female?

Answer 1

i) Glands and hormones controls and coordinates

ii) Somatotropin is responsible for growth of bone.

iii) Secondary sexual characters in male are not developed if testosterone is absent.

iv) Thyroid gland which secretes thyroxine is located near the neck.

v) Pituitary, thyroid, adrenal glands, parathyroid and pancreas are common in male and female.