The development of a goiter indicates that

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: A goiter, thyroid enlargement, often results from excessive colloid (thyroglobulin storage) accumulation, typically from iodine deficiency or TSH overstimulation, impairing hormone synthesis. Pituitary enlargement or growth hormone excess (acromegaly) don't cause goiters, nor does follicle hypertrophy alone. Colloid buildup distinguishes goiter pathology, key to diagnosing thyroid dysfunction.

Correct Answer: A

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Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Alpha cells in the pancreatic islets produce glucagon, raising blood glucose via glycogenolysis. An autoimmune attack on them directly reduces glucagon. Somatostatin, from delta cells, inhibits other hormones. Pancreatic polypeptide, from PP cells, regulates digestion. Insulin, from beta cells, lowers glucose type 1 diabetes targets beta, not alpha. Glucagon's alpha-cell origin distinguishes it, key to glucose counterregulation, unlike other islet hormones affected indirectly.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Somatomedin-C (IGF-1), a liver-derived protein induced by growth hormone (GH), mediates GH's anabolic effects, promoting bone and muscle growth. Gonadotropins (FSH, LH) target gonads, not GH pathways. Prostaglandins regulate inflammation and smooth muscle, not growth. Prolactin drives lactation, not GH effects. Somatomedin-C's role as GH's effector distinguishes it, key to childhood growth and adult anabolism, unlike reproductive, inflammatory, or lactation signals.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Acromegaly, from pituitary GH excess post-puberty, causes bone thickening true. Addison's affects adrenals, not thyroid; hypothyroidism (low T3/T4) is true but not sole correct; Simmond's is pituitary, not adrenal. Acromegaly's pituitary origin distinguishes it, key to endocrine classification, though C is also true, A matches provided answer.