NEET Biology question

Which one of the following four glands is correctly matched with the accompanying description?

(A)Thyroid — Hyperactivity in young children cause cretinism
(B)Thymus — Starts undergoing atrophy after pubertyCorrect
(C)Parathyroid — Secretes parathormone, which promotes movement of calcium ions from blood into bones during calcification
(D)Pancreas — Delta cells of islets of Langerhans secrete a hormone, which stimulates glycolysis in liver

Answer: (B)

Solution

Cretinism results from thyroid HYPOactivity (hyposecretion), not hyperactivity, so (a) is wrongly described; parathormone actually mobilises calcium FROM bone INTO blood (bone resorption), the reverse of what (c) states; delta cells secrete somatostatin,

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