Q. 7
Which hormone(s) is/are called
i) Personality hormone
ii) fight, flight and fright hormones.
Answer :
i) Personality hormone- Thyroxine
Reason- Thyroxine is called Personality hormone as it controls the growth and metabolic rate. Over secretion of thyroxine can increase the metabolic rate more than normal level and deficiency in secretion lead to decrease in metabolic rate due to which growth of body gets affected. Therefore it is called Personality hormone.
ii) fight, flight and fright hormones- Adrenaline and Noradrenaline hormones.
Reason- They are called so because these hormones are released into the stress conditions which supply more oxygen to the body, increases the breathing rate, beating of heart faster, the fast supply of blood. All this lead to the preparation of the body in order to deal the situation by fighting, fighting and frighting.
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