Finals Quiz 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Location of thryoid
A
Anterior to the trachea
Below the larynx
2
Q
Shape of thyroid
A
Butterfly shaped
H shaped
3
Q
Location of Parathyroid
A
Posterior surface of thyroid
4
Q
2 cells of thyroid gland and what hormones they secrete
A
follicular cells
- T3 (Triiodothyronine) and T4 (Thyroxine)
by parafollicular cells (C cells)
- Calcitonin
5
Q
7 steps in TH synthesis
UOICPDD
A
- Uptake of lodide
- Oxidation of lodide
- lodination of the tyrosyl residues on thyroglobulin
- Coupling
- Proteolysis of thyroglobulin
- Deionidation of iodotyrosines
- Deionidation of thyroxine to triiodothyronine
6
Q
- TGB or Tg -
A
Thyroglobulin
7
Q
- NIS -
A
Sodium Iodide Symporter
8
Q
- TRH -
A
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
9
Q
- TSH -
A
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
10
Q
- TPO -
A
Thyroid peroxidase
11
Q
- MIT -
A
Monoiodotyrosine
- A compound with one iodine atom bound to a tyrosine residue
12
Q
- DIT -
A
Diiodotyrosine
- A compound with two iodine atoms bound to tyrosine residues
13
Q
- T4 -
A
Thyroxine (tetra-iodothyronine)
14
Q
- T3 -
A
Triiodothyronine
15
Q
- TBPA -
A
Thyroxine-binding prealbumin
Transthyretin
