General Facts
Where the thyroid releasing hormone is produced.
What is hypothalamus?
TSH is the abbreviation for this word
What is Thyroid Stimulating Hormone?
Iodide is converted into this element.
What is iodine?
This disorder causes increased heart rate, palpitations, arrhythmia, increased appetite, weight loss, anxiety, fine hair and oily skin.
What is hyperthyroidism?
Location where thyroid hormone synthesis takes place.
What is colloid?
Gland that releases the thyroid stimulating hormone.
What is primary anterior pituitary?
T4 is the abbreviation for this word
What is Thyroxine?
This organelle fuses with the vesicle and releases an enzyme to degrade the colloid.
What is lysosome?
What is goiter?
Thyroid hormones are a part of this nervous system.
What is central nervous system?
Location where T4 is converted into T3.
What is peripheral tissue?
These iodinated tyrosines are linked together to form T3.
What is MIT?
Method in which T4 and T3 enter the cell.
What is endocytosis?
This disorder causes weight gain, slow reflexes, dry skin, constipation, brittle nail, and fatigue.
What is hypothyroidism?
This individual discovered iodine.
Who is Bernard Courtois?
This enzyme converts T4 into T3.
What is iodinase?
These iodinated tyrosines are linked together to form T4.
What is DIT?
The place where thyroglobulin is synthesized and discharged.
What is follicle lumen?
This disease is an immune system disorder that results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
What is Grave's disease?
The thyroid regulates this function of the body.
What is metabolism?
A reaction that causes a decrease in function, occurs in response to a stimulus, and often causes the output of a system to be lessened.
What is negative feedback?
T3 is the abbreviation for this word
What is Triiodothyronine?
This transport system is used to transport sodium and iodide into the colloid cell.
What is secondary active transport pump?
Disease known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and is the most common cause of hypothyroidism.
What is Hoshimoto's disease?
This treatment circulates throughout your body killing thyroid cancer cells.
What is radioactive iodine?