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Thyroid Disorders • HYPERTHYROIDISM (GRAVE’S DISEASE) Result from an excessive output of thyroid hormones caused by abnormal stimulation of thyroid gland by circulating…

Health & Medicine Lecture 16

1. Thyroid Disorders 2. Thyroid Anatomy Macroscopically The thyroid has two lobes joined by an isthmusEmbedded into the upper and lower poles of both lobes are the parathyroid…

Documents Thyroid Disease. Embryology TG develops from floor of Pharynx at 4 weeks travels inferiorly...

Slide 1 Thyroid Disease Slide 2 Embryology TG develops from floor of Pharynx at 4 weeks travels inferiorly thyroglossal tract disappears - cystic elements may remain as thyroglossal…

Documents Production, Regulation, and Action of Thyroid Hormones.

Slide 1 Production, Regulation, and Action of Thyroid Hormones Slide 2 Histology of the Thyroid Gland The thyroid gland contains numerous follicles, composed of epithelial…