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प्रश्न
Mention the name of disease based on the clue/symptom given below:
Swelling in the neck.
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उत्तर
Goitre
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the odd one out from each series
The conditions – cretinism, myxoedema, goiter, scurvy
………………………………………….
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) ______ |
Define the following:
Hypothyroidism
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Maintenance of basal metabolism.
Give the Technical Term: Name the hormones which lead to the following condition: Myxedema
Fill in the Blanks:
Lack of iodine in diet causes ______.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Thyroxin regulates metabolism.
Oversecretion of thyroxin causes ______ goitre.
The condition showing swelling in face and hands and sluggishness due to hypothyroidism is called ______.
Name the following;
Diseases caused due to hypothyroidism.
