Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    The word 'hormone' means

    A)  to move                             

    B)  to exdte

    C)  to initiate                           

    D)  to increase

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The term hormone (Gr, Hormaein = to excite or stir up, ie, to arose the activity, or to set in motion) gives the idea of a biologically highly active organic substance. It was first used by Hippocrates (460-377 BC) for compounds which stimulate the body, but its proper use was made by Starling (1905) for excitatory substance.             


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