A pregnant female delivers a baby who suffers from stunted growth, mental retardation/low intelligence quotient and abnormal skin. This is the result of:
1. Low secretion of growth hormone
2. Cancer of the thyroid gland
3. Over secretion of pars distalis
4. Deficiency of iodine in diet
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AIPMT - 2013
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Select the answer which correctly matches the endocrine gland with the hormone it secretes and its function/deficiency symptom: 

 Endocrine gland  Hormone  Function/deficiency symptom
 (A)  Posterior Pituitary  Growth Hormone (GH)  Oversecretion stimulates abnormal growth
 (B)  Thyroid gland  Thyroxine  Lack of iodine in diet results in goitre
 (C)  Corpus luteum  Testosterone  Stimulates spermatogenesis
 (D)  Anterior pituitary  oxytocin  Stimulates uterus contraction during childbirth

1. (A)

2. (B)

3. (C)

4. (D)

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Toxic agents present in food which interfere with thyroxin synthesis lead to the development of:

1. toxic goitre

2. cretinism

3. simple goitre

4. thyrotoxicosis

Subtopic:  Thyroid Gland Part II |
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AIPMT - 2010
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A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxin in adults and characterized by-
(i) a low metabolic rate 
(ii) increase in body weight 
(iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is:

1. hypothyroidism

2. simple goitre

3. myxoedema

4. cretinism

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AIPMT - 2009
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