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प्रश्न
Write brief statement explaining the following:
People living in hilly region usually suffer from simple goitre.
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उत्तर
People living in hilly regions often suffer from simple goitre because the soil and water in these areas are typically iodine-deficient. Since iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormones, this chronic deficiency leads to the enlargement of the thyroid gland, known as simple goitre, as the gland attempts to compensate for the lack of iodine.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Select the odd one out of the following:
TSH, ACTH, Insulin
Name the Following: Iodine is necessary for the secretion of which hormone.
Fill in the Blanks:
In adult deficiency in secretion of thyroid produces a disease called ______.
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.
What will be the effect of thyroid gland atrophy on the human body?
Which diseases is caused by the hypersecretion of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids?
All of the statements correctly describe mode of hormone action, EXCEPT ______.
Which of the following is the cause of Graves' disease?
Draw a neat diagram of thyroid gland and label thyroid follicle, follicular cells and blood capillaries.
Name the mineral element required for the synthesis of thyroxine.
