Hypo and Hyperthyroidism

Q.

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. over secretion of pars distalis

2. cancer of thyroid glands

3. low secretion of growth hormone

4. deficiency of iodine in diet

Q.

Diabetes is due to

1. Iodine deficiency

2. Enzyme deficiency

3. Hormone deficiency

4. Sodium ion deficiency

Q. One reason a person is severely overweight could be

1. Defect in hormone release from the posterior pituitary.
2. A higher than normal level of endorphins.
3. Hyposecretion of oxytocin.
4. Undersecretion of thyroxine.

Q. Exophthalmic goitre occurs due to

1. hyposecretion of thyroxine
2. hypersecretion of thyroxine
3. hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin
4. hyposecretion of thyrocalcitonin

Q.

Give a disease of purine exchange.

Q. Match the following from Column 1 and Column 2.
$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Column 1}& \text{Column 2}\\ \text{A. Melatonin}& \text{i. Swelling of the thyroid gland}\\ \text{B. Cretinism}& \text{ii.Increased rate of synthesis and}\\ & \text{secretion of the thyroid hormones}\\ \text{C. Hyperthyroidism}& \text{iii. Defective development and maturation}\\ & \text{of the growing baby leading to stunted growth}\\ \text{D. Goitre}& \text{iv. Regulates the diurnal rhythm of the body}\end{array}$

1. A- iv, B- ii, C-i, D-iii
2. A-ii, B-iv, C-iii, D-i
3. A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-iv
4. A- iv, B-iii, C- ii, D-i

Q.

Which of the following diseases can be treated with thyroxine supplementation?

1. Graves' Disease

2. Hypothyroidism

3. Cretinism

4. Hyperthyroidism

1. 1 and 2

2. 2 and 3

3. 3 and 4

4. 4 and 1

Q. Exophthalmic goitre occurs due to

1. hyposecretion of thyroxine
2. hypersecretion of thyroxine
3. hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin
4. hyposecretion of thyrocalcitonin

Q. In case of Grave's disease, antibodies similar to Thyroid Stimulating Hormone stimulate excess production of thyroid hormone.

1. True
2. False

Q.

The deficiency of which hormone results in the health disorder that is characterised by the following?
(i) a low metabolic rate
(ii) increase in body weight
(iii) swelling of the face

1. Calcitonin
2. Melatonin
3. MSH
4. Thyroxine

Q.

Some diseases are given below. Fill the blanks with the name of the glands whose secretions are responsible for these diseases.

Addisons disease and ________

Q. Match the symptoms given below with the disease:
$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Column I}& \text{Column II}\\ \text{a. Protruding tongue, bloated abdomen, bradycardia, hypotension}& \text{i. Graves' disease}\\ \text{b. Exophthalmos, palpitations, jittery hands and inability to sleep}& \text{ii.Hyperthyroidism}\\ \text{c.Sluggishness, fogginess, fatigue impaired memory, and in general mental lethargy}& \text{iii.Cretinism}\\ \text{d. Increased BMR, Hyperexcitability, enlarged bones}& \text{iv. Hypothyroidism}\end{array}$

1. a - iii, b - i, c - iv, d - ii

2. a - i, b - ii, c - iii, d - iv

3. a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i

4. a - iii, b - iv, c - ii, d - i

Q.

One of the following conditions is NOT linked to deficiency of thyroid hormones.

1. Cretinism

2. Goitre

3. Myxoedema

4. Exophthalmos

Q.

Match the columns.

Column 1	Column 2
Master gland of the body	Thymus
Stress hormone of the body	Pituitary gland
Disease resistance hormone in a child	Adrenaline
Deficiency of iodine cause	Goitre