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प्रश्न
What are the effects of hypothyroidism (observed during pregnancy) on the development and maturation of a growing baby?
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उत्तर
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy causes defective development and maturation of the growing baby leading to stunted growth (cretinism), mental retardation, low intelligence quotient, abnormal skin, deaf-mutism, etc.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why is iodine as a nutrient, important to our body?
Given below is a table designed to give the names of the glands, the hormones produced, their chief functions, the effects of oversecretion and undersecretion in respect of thyroid, pituitary and pancreas. Fill up the blanks 1–13.
| S.No. | Source Gland cells | Hormone produced | Chief function | Effect of oversecretion | Effect of undersecretion |
| 1 | (1) ______ | Thyroxine | (2) ______ | (3) ______ | (4) ______ |
| 2 | Beta cells of Islets of Langerhans | (5) ______ | Promotes glucose utilisation by the body cells | (6) ______ | (7) ______ |
| 3 | (8) ______ | Growth hormone | (9) ______ | (10) ______ | Dwarfism |
| 4 | (11) ______ | Vasopressin | Increases reabsorption of water from kidney tubule | (12) ______ | (13) ______ |
Name the following:
Hormone regulating metamorphosis
Give the special function of the following:
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Give a labeled diagram of thymus gland.
Name the Following: Disorder caused by excess of thyroid hormone.
Name the Following: Iodine is necessary for the secretion of which hormone.
Fill in the Blanks:
The activities of the thyroid gland are controlled by ______ secreted by the ______.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Rickets is caused due to deficiency of iodine.
Long answer question
Describe in brief an account of disorders of the thyroid.
The growth and functions of the thyroid gland are controlled by ______.
Why are thyroid hormones referred to as personality hormones?
Identify the amine.
Under secretion of thyroxine in children cause
Name the endocrine gland that produces calcitonin and mention the role played by this hormone.
Name thyroid hormones.
Sketch and Label thyroid gland.
Match the items given in Column I with the most appropriate ones in Column II and rewrite the correct Matching pairs:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Hyposecretion of Thyroxine in adults | 1. | Diabetes insipidus |
| (b) | Hyposecretion of Insulin | 2. | Myxedema |
| (c) | Hypersecretion of Growth Hormone in Childhood | 3. | Dwarfism |
| (d) | Hyposecretion of ADH | 4. | Gigantism |
| (e) | Hypersecretion of Thyroxine | 5. | Diabetes mellitus |
| 6. | Exophthalmic goitre | ||
| 7. | Cretinism | ||
Name the following;
Diseases caused due to hypothyroidism.
