Knowledge Check Definitions Flashcards
Occurring at an abnormal place or upon the wrong part of the body
Heterotrophic
Wedge-shaped muscle posterior to the thyroid gland
Longus Colli muscle
Causing little pain or slow-growing
Indolent
Area on nuclear medicine study where the radioisotope has not been taken up
Cold Nodule
Most common inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Benign solid tumour
Adenoma
Oversecretion of parathyroid hormones
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Thyroid gland is producing the correct amount of thyroid hormone
Euthyroid
Disorder associated with elevated serum calcium levels, usually caused by benign parathyroid adenoma
Hyperparathyroidism
Congenital anomaly, located anterior to the trachea, extending from the base of the tongue to the isthmus of the thyroid
Thyroglossal duct cyst
Hormone that regulates serum calcium and phosphate
Parathyroid hormone
Invasive procedure using a small gauge needle to obtain a tissue sample from a specific lesion
Fine needle aspiration
Large muscles located anterolateral to the thyroid
SCM
Most common form of thyroid cancer
Papillary carcinoma
Increase in colour Doppler vascular flow in the thyroid
Thyroid inferno
Hyperechoic foci that may or may not shadow
Microcalcifications
Sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles located anterior to the thyroid
Strap muscles
Band of thyroid tissue connecting the right and left lobes
Isthmus
Loss of differentiation of cells, which is characteristic of tumour tissue
Anaplasia
Underactive thyroid hormones
Hypothyroidism
Enlargement of the glands
Adenopathy
Inflammation of the thyroid
Thyroiditis
Autoimmune hyperthyroidism caused by antibodies that continuously activate TSH receptors
Graves disease
Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the thyroid to secrete T3 and T4
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Focal or diffuse thyroid gland enlargement due to iodine deficiency
Goiter
