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प्रश्न
People living in hilly regions usually suffer from simple goitre. Explain.
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उत्तर
Iodine is essential for the production of thyroxin by the thyroid gland. The people living in hilly regions receive insufficient iodine in their diet, due to the fact that they drink iodine deficient water from rivers and streams fed by melting snow. Even their diet has little or no iodine. When there is a deficiency of iodine in the diet the thyroid gland enlarges in order to compensate for this deficiency resulting in goitre.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the following:
Hormone regulating metamorphosis.
Give the special function of the following:
Thyroid stimulating hormone
Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland?
Thyroid gland
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A disease caused in children due fo under secretion of thyroxin is ______.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Thyroxin regulates metabolism.
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Identify the largest endocrine gland.
What is the difference between Gull's and Grave's disease?
Name the following:
Symptoms of cretinism.
Identify the gland with the help of following clue:
A bilobed (butterfly-shaped) gland.
