A. Gigantism
B. Dwarfism
C. Graves’ disease
D. Cretinism
Related Mcqs:
- A condition characterized by puffiness of hands and skin and retardation of all bodily and mental processes, and caused by deficiency of thyroxine in later age is:
A. Graves disease
B. Myxedema
C. Exophthalmic goiter
D. Cretinism - Deficiency of thyroxine in later age due to lack of iodine in diet result in:
A. Goiter
B. Increase in body weight
C. Cretinism
D. Both a & b - This is not a function of thyroxine ____________?
A. body metabolism
B. skeletal growth
C. sexual arousal
D. gamete production - One of the followings is characterized by excessive breakdown of proteins resulting in muscular and bone weakness:
A. Addison’s disease
B. Cushing disease
C. Graves disease
D. All of the above - Failure to produce insulin leads to be a condition called:
A. Diabetes insipidus
B. Diabetes mellitus
C. Gluconism
D. Both a & b - A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called:
A. Social change
B. Vertical mobility
C. Social inequality
D. None of these - A rare condition in which separate personalities exist in the same person is called:
A. dissociative identity disorder
B. split personality
C. schizophrenia
D. amnesia - One of the followings produces higher levels of secretions during periods of rapid growth and sexual maturation and in stress situations such as cold hunger:
A. Thyroid gland
B. Pancreas
C. Parathyroids
D. Adrenals - Diana Baumrind found that which parenting style produces the most well-adjusted children?
A. Authoritative
B. Authoritarian
C. Permissive
D. Attached - _____provides challenges that motivate individuals to work hard and meet their goals, while______results from stressful situations that persist over time and produces negative health outcomes.
A. Eustress; stress
B. Stress; eustress
C. Distress; eustress
D. Eustress; distress
