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प्रश्न
The condition showing swelling in face and hands and sluggishness due to hypothyroidism is called ______.
पर्याय
cretinism
myxoedema
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उत्तर
The condition showing swelling in face and hands and sluggishness due to hypothyroidism is called myxoedema.
संबंधित प्रश्न
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
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Regulates basal metabolism
How is iodine important to our body?
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.
Decreased secretion of thyroid hormones in children leads to ______.
Which diseases is caused by the hypersecretion of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids?
Which of the following is not a ductless gland?
What are the effects of hypothyroidism (observed during pregnancy) on the development and maturation of a growing baby?
Name the following;
Diseases caused due to hypothyroidism.
