Physiology thyroid gland Flashcards
Cutting what can cause aphony
Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve
Cutting the vagus nerve causes
Respiratory problems
What is used to detect nodules
Thyroid ecography
% of people having a 5th thyroid gland
10%
% of T4 undergoing deoiodination to T3
90%
Inhibition of TSH
Dopamine
Somatostatin
Glucocorticoids
Histology: what is provided by capillaries
iodide
Home to thyroid hormone production
Colloid
Main secondary receptor
cAMP
Ab binding to same receptor as TSH causing hyper activity DISEASE
Grave’s disease
Symtransporter getting iodide from circulation to gland
DIS
Iodide to colloid through which transporter
PENDRINE
Iodination occurs through which enzyme
TPO
Oxidation will give rise to
MIT and DIT
T3 composition
MIT + DIT
T4 composition
DIT + DIT