Assertion A parasitic disease elephantiasis can be identified with enormous growth in different body parts especially in limbs . Reason Elephantiasis is caused by the excess secretion of growth hormone.A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of AssertionB. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of AssertionC. Assertion is true, but Reason is FalseD. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

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1.	Assertion A parasitic disease elephantiasis can be identified with enormous growth in different body parts especially in limbs . Reason Elephantiasis is caused by the excess secretion of growth hormone.A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of AssertionB. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of AssertionC. Assertion is true, but Reason is FalseD. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
Answer» Correct Answer - C Filarial worm (W. bancrofti) lives in the lymphatic system of amn, where it blocks the flow of lyph causing a condition known as elephantiasis. In this condition, the limbs or other lymph glands are lymph passage grow to an enormous size.Due to lymphatic obstruction, lymph cannot get back into circulatory system and accumulates into organs and causes them to swell or enlarge.

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