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Practice question

Question

Tetany in hypoparathyroidism is due to:

Options

Choose one · Correct answer highlighted

Explanation

Pick C: Low calcium. Thinking about Endocrinology in a practical way — what the structure does, or what the process achieves — leads you here. Clinically and academically, the same logic shows up again and again: cause and effect line up with Low calcium — that is the mechanism or reason the stem is pointing to. Hence Low calcium is correct. Treat this as a building block for the rest of Endocrinology; neighbouring topics often reuse the same principle. Keep a one-line summary card for this idea and revisit it before the paper; short, repeated review beats long cramming sessions. If the wording feels dense, translate it into everyday language first, then map that plain sentence back onto Low calcium.