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NEET Sample Paper NEET Sample Test Paper-68

  • question_answer
    A pregnant female delivers a baby who suffers from stunted growth, mental retardation, low intelligence quotient and abnormal skin. This is the result of:

    A) Deficiency of iodine in diet

    B) Low secretion of growth hormone

    C) Cancer of the thyroid gland

    D) Over secretion of pars distalis

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Iodine is essential for the normal rate of hormones synthesis in the thyroid. Deficiency of iodine in our diet results in hypothyroidism and enlargement of the thyroid gland, commonly called goiter.


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