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| LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE THROAT; MAKES 2 HORMONES-THYROID AND CALCITONIN; COMPOSED OF HOLLOW STRUCTURES CALLED FOLLICLES |
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| STORE A STICKY COLLODIAL MATERIAL |
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| METABOLIC HORMONE IS MADE UP OF 2 ACTIVE IODINE-CONTAINING HORMONES-THYROXINE (TU)AND TRIIODOTHYRONINE(T3); CONTROLS THE RATE THAT GLUCOSE IS BURNED; PROMOTES NORMAL TISSUE GROWTH. |
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| Triiodothyronine,also known as T3, is a thyroid hormone. It affects almost every physiological process in the body, including growth and development, metabolism, body temperature, and heart rate. |
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| AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY IN IODINE; STILL A PROBLEM IN OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE SALT IS NOT IODIZED IN THOSE AREAS |
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| A congenital condition caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormone during prenatal development and characterized in childhood by dwarfed stature, mental retardation, dystrophy of the bones, and a low basal metabolism. Also called congenital myxedema. |
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| A CONDITION IN ADULTS CAUSED BY HYPOTHROIDISM; CAUSES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SLUGGISHNESS, PUFFINESS OF THE FACE, FATIGUE, POOR MUSCLE TONE, LOW BODY TEMPERATURE, OBESITY, DRY SKIN |
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| RESULTS FROM A TUMOR OF THE THYROID GLAND, CAUSES HEAT INTOLERANCE, RAPID HEARTBEAT, WEIGHT LOSS, NERVOUS BEHAVIOR, INABILITY TO RELAX |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH THE THYROID GLAND ENLARGES; EYES MAY BULGE OR PROTRUDE ANTERIORLY |
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| WHEN THE EYES PROTRUDE ANTERIORLY |
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| HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE THYROID GLAND THAT DECREASES BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS BY CAUSING CALCIUM TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE BONES; MADE BY PARAFOLLICULAR CELLS |
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| Any of the cells rich in mitochondria occurring in the thyroid epithelium, especially around the follicle |
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| TINY MASSES OF GLANDULAR TISSUE OFTEN FOUND ON THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE THYROID GLAND. THERE ARE 2 PARATHYROID GLANDS ON EACH THYROID. |
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| (PTH) OR PARATHORMONE-A HORMONE THAT IS SECRETED BY THE PARATHYROID; IT REGULATES CALCIUM ION HOMEOSTASIS OF THE BLOOD. |
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| A HORMONE THAT ACTS TO INCREASE BLOOD LEVELS OF CALCIUM |
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