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A pregnant female deliver a baby who suffers from stunted growth, mental retardation / low intelligence quotient and abnormal skin. This is the result of:
Options
(a) Low secretion of growth hormone
(b) Cancer of the thyroid gland
(c) Over secretion of pars distalis
(d) Deficiency of iodine in diet
Correct Answer:
Deficiency of iodine in diet
Explanation:
Iodine is essential for the normal rate of hormone synthesis in the thyroid. Deficiency of iodine in our diet results in hypothyroidism and enlargement of the thyroid gland, commonly called goitre. Hypothyroidism during pregnancy causes defective development and maturation of the growing baby leading to stunted growth (cretinism), mental retardation, low intelligence quotient, abnormal skin, deaf-mutism, etc.
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Topics: Locomotion and Neural Control
(33)
Subject: Biology
(4253)
Important MCQs Based on Medical Entrance Examinations To Improve Your NEET Score
- Which of the following is incorrect?
- The first movements of the foetus and appearance of hair on its head are usually
- After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in
- A plasmolysed cell can be deplasmolysed by placing it in
- What type of placentation is seen in sweet pea
Topics: Locomotion and Neural Control (33)
Subject: Biology (4253)
Important MCQs Based on Medical Entrance Examinations To Improve Your NEET Score
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