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प्रश्न
Which hormone deficiency is responsible for the following?
Goitre
उत्तर
Goitre is characterised by an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland due to the deficiency of thyroxin hormone in the body.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which hormone deficiency is responsible for the following?
Cretinism
match the conditions in column A with the cause in column B.
| A (Condition) | B (Cause) | ||
| a | Dwarfism and mental retardation | 1 | shortage of glucose in blood |
| b | Diabetes mellitus | 2 | Over secretion of growth hormone |
| c | Excess of glucose in blood | 3 | Insulin shock |
| d | Gigantism | 4 | Over secretion of thyroxine |
| e | Enlargement of breasts in adult males | 5 | Hypothyroidism |
| f | Exophthalmic goitre | 6 | Over secretion of cortical hormones |
Why is iodine as a nutrient, important to our body?
Name the following:
The hormone that controls the basal metabolic rate
Select the odd one out of the following:
TSH, ACTH, Insulin
How is iodine important to our body?
Give a labeled diagram of parathyroid gland.
Give a labeled diagram of thymus gland.
Name the Following: Disorder caused by excess of thyroid hormone.
Give the Technical Term: Name the hormones which lead to the following condition: Exophthalmic goitre
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Thyroxin regulates metabolism.
Which hormone requires iodine for its formation?
All of the statements correctly describe mode of hormone action, EXCEPT ______.
Which is the only gland that stores its hormones?
The mineral element needed for the functioning of the Thyroid gland:
On an educational trip to Uttaranchal, Ketki and her friends observe that many local people were having swollen necks. Please help Ketki and her friends to find out the solutions to the following questions.
What effect does this condition have on pregnancy?
Mention the difference between hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
Name the gland that causes following disorder:
Grave's disease
Oversecretion of thyroxin causes ______ goitre.
Name the following:
Symptoms of cretinism.
