Question

A person lives in a hilly area.The drinking water and food grown in this area are poor in a mineral P. The deficiency of Pin the body causes an abnormal enlargement of the gland Q leading to a disease R. The disease R, however,does not occur in the people living in coastal areas.
A) What is the name of mineral P?
B) Name the gland Q.
C)What is the disease R?
D)Why does the disease R not occur in coastal areas?

Answer 1

Answer:

A THE MINERAL IS IODINE

Explanation:

B THE THYRIOD GLAND C THE DIEASES IS QOITRE

Answer 2

Answer:

A) The name of the mineral P in the question is Iodine

B)The Gland Q in the question is the thyroid gland

C) The disease R in the question is Goitre

D) Since the coastal areas are rich with sea fish, people belonging to this area show less deficiency as compared with the people who live in the hilly areas. Fish contains a large amount of iodine which reduces its deficiency.

Explanation:

The thyroid gland, which is located at the front of the neck, is a ductless endocrine gland.

• It has the shape of a butterfly and is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body.
• The thyroid gland's major purpose is to secrete two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) hormone and thyroxine(T4) hormone.
• Both of them are extremely vital in the human body.

Iodine is a mineral that is necessary for the production of thyroid hormone.

• Because the body does not produce iodine, it is a necessary component of our diet.
• We can't generate enough thyroid hormone if we don't have enough iodine in our bodies.

• Iodine deficiency causes goiter, which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland.

Iodine is found in soil and the ocean naturally.

• In different parts of the world, the amount of iodine in foods varies.
• Iodine can be found in abundance in sea fish.

• Individuals in coastal locations have more sea fish than people in highland places.
• Thus, the people in these areas show less deficiency as compared to others