A. Exophthalmic goiter
B. Increase in basal metabolic rate
C. Enlargement of body parts
D. Both a & b
Related Mcqs:
- A disease characterized by the decline in brain function:
A. Epilepsy
B. Drug abuse
C. Parkinson’s disease
D. Alzheimer’s disease - After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:
A. The cocktail party effect
B. Perceptual set
C. Relative clarity
D. The Ponzo illusion - 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 - One suffering from_______is characterized by coarse scanty hair, thick yellowish scaly skin and mental retardation:
A. Gigantism
B. Dwarfism
C. Graves disease
D. Cretinism - 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 - A conversion disorder is characterized by ______________?
A. Functional impairment of a limb or sensory ability with no apparent physical cause
B. A constant fear of becoming seriously ill
C. Frequently vague complaints of physical symptoms
D. None of these - Apraxia is characterized by an inability to _______________?
A. organize movements in terms of purpose
B. do something when instructed verbally
C. make movements
D. both a and b - A disorder characterized by continuous tension and occasional anxiety attacks in which persons think they are going insane or are about to die is called a:
A. panic disorder
B. phobia
C. depressive psychosis
D. hysterical reaction - Persons who are excessively narcissistic, dependent, or antisocial are characterized as having:
A. somatoform disorders
B. generalized anxiety
C. conversion reactions
D. personality disorders - The visual pathway that has been characterized as_________travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the ______travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.
A. the what pathway, the where pathway
B. the where pathway; what pathway
C. the opponent process pathway; the trichromatic pathway
D. the trichromatic pathway; the opponent process pathway
