Thryoid and GI hormone Test #4 Smith Flashcards
What is the largest gland in the body?
-Thyroid gland
T/F
The thyroid gland is extremely well vascularized
True
Do you have an active or inactive thyroid gland if you have colloid (thyroglobulin) abundant, large follicles, and cells lining the follicle are flat?
Inactive
Do you have an active or inactive thyroid gland if you have small follicles, cells lining the follicle are cuboid, and edges are scalloped with many small resorption gaps resulting from the uptake of colloid?
Active
What are the two primary functions of the thyroid?
- Secretion of two biologically active hormones by follicular cells
- Secretion by parafollicular cells
What do parafollicular cells secrete?
-Calcitonin
What is another name for parafollicular cells?
-C-cells
What do follicular cells secrete?
- Thyroxine (T4)
- Triiodothyronine (T3)
When does parafollicular cells release calcitonin?
-In response to high blood calcium levels
What does calcitonin do?
-Lower blood Ca2+ levels by inhibiting the resorbition of bone by osteoclasts
What hormone is formed from vitamin D
1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol
Where is vitamin D processed?
- Liver
- Kidneys
What secretes parathyroid hormone?
-Chief cells in the parathyroid gland
What causes Parathyroid (PTH) hormone to be secreted by Chief cells?
-Low blood Ca2+
What does 1,25-Dihyroxycholecalciferol do to Ca2+?
- Increases absorption from the intestine
- Increases stores in bone
How does PTH mobilize Ca2+?
-Stimulate osteoclasts
What are the thyroid hormones synthesized from?
- Iodine
- Tyrosine
What thyroid hormone is produced exclusively by the thyroid gland?
-T4
What thyroid hormone is produced extrahyroidally from its precursor?
-T3
What is the precursor for T3?
-T4
What is the vast majority of thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid?
-T4
What happens to most T4 that is produced?
-Gets converted to T3
T/F
T3 is 4x more potent than T4
True
Where is most of T3 made?
Liver