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प्रश्न
How is iodine important to our body?
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उत्तर
Iodine is the active ingredient in the production of thyroxin hormone. If there is insufficient quantity of iodine in food, the thyroxin hormone is not produced. As a result, thyroid gland increases in size which is Visible as a swelling in the neck. This condition is known as goitre.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
People living in the low Himalayan hilly regions often suffer from goiter. What could be the possible reason for it?
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Hypothyroidism
Give a labeled diagram of parathyroid gland.
Name the Following: Iodine is necessary for the secretion of which hormone.
Long answer question
Describe in brief an account of disorders of the thyroid.
Why are thyroid hormones referred to as personality hormones?
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Identify the amine.
Name thyroid hormones.
