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Question: A person appears fat, short and stocky and has a protruding tongue due to the hormonal deficiency of...
A person appears fat, short and stocky and has a protruding tongue due to the hormonal deficiency of
A.Parathyroid
B.Thyroid
C.Adrenal
D.Pineal
Solution
It is an endocrine organ in the neck consisting of two associated lobes. It has two side projections, associated by an extension (isthmus) in the center. it lies underneath your Adam's apple, along the front of the windpipe.
Complete answer:
Hypothyroidism alludes to a lack of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. In grown-ups, hypothyroidism causes a condition called myxoedema.
The manifestations of myxoedema range from shortcoming, laziness, migraine and cold narrow mindedness, slow discourse, angina (heart torment), windedness and a trademark "moon face" (puffiness brought about by water maintenance).
Cretinism is a state of seriously hindered physical and mental development because of untreated inherent inadequacy of thyroid hormones (intrinsic hypothyroidism), because of maternal dietary insufficiency of iodine. Its manifestations incorporate helpless length development that is clear as ahead of schedule as the principal year of life. Grown-up height without treatment goes from 1 to 1.6 meters, contingent upon seriousness, sex, and other hereditary components. Bone development and adolescence are seriously deferred.
Lingual thyroid is an unusual mass of ectopic thyroid tissue found in the base of tongue caused due to embryological deviation being developed in the thyroid organ. The majority of the ectopic tissue is found in the tongue.
Their recognizable proof and legitimate administration is basic since they might be the main working thyroid tissue happening in the body. We report an instance of lingual thyroid in a long term old female patient who was hypothyroid with back expanding of tongue. Tc-99 scintigraphy affirmed the clinical conclusion and careful extraction of whole tissue was finished by midline mandibular split osteotomy and the patient was set under long lasting thyroxine substitution. Line up indicated fantastic outcomes with least patient distress.
Hence the correct answer is OPTION(B)
Note: The thyroid is a butterfly-formed organ that sits low on the facade of the neck. Your thyroid lies underneath your Adam's apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side projections, associated by an extension (isthmus) in the center. At the point when the thyroid is its ordinary size, you can't feel it.