Thyroid Flashcards
Inferior Thyroid Artery
Provide profusion to thyroid gland. Connect to left subclavian.
Superior Thyroid Artery
Provide profusion to thyroid gland. Connect to external carotid.
Right recurrent laryngeal nerve
Branch of the vagus nerve. Wrap around subclavian artery and aorta. βcoming backβ. Control ability to speak. Enlarged thyroid gland can compress nerve.
Left recurrent laryngeal never
Branch of the vagus nerve. Wrap around subclavian artery and aorta. βcoming backβ. Control ability to speak. Enlarged thyroid gland can compress nerve.
Goiter
a swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland. Can compress tracheal ligaments and nerves.
Tracheal ligaments
Thyroid Gland
Controller of metabolic rate. Anatomy: just below the thyroid cartilage.
Anterior Pituitary Gland
Controls thyroid. Controls growth and Sex hormones
Hypothalamus
Controls thyroid. The one doing the sensing and deciding. Looks at stress and temperature.
TRH(Thyrotropin-releasing hormone)
Release by the hypothalamus. Goes through portal circulation to pituitary
gland. Interacts with TRH receptors at the pituitary.
TSH(Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
Release by pituitary gland in response to TRH. Will interact with receptors in the thyroid gland. Causes the thyroid to release thyroid hormones(T3, T4).
T3(3,5,3-Triiodothyronine)
Produced by the the combination of T1 and T2. Circulating Thyroid hormone. Tyrosine(AA) derivatives. Less in circulation 7%. More active intracellularly. 2 benzene rings(thyronine.)
T4(Thyroxine)
Main circulatory form. Made from the combination of 2 T2s. Circulating Thyroid hormone. More in circulation 93%. 2 benzene rings(thyronine).
Tyrosine
1 benzene ring. Amino Acid. Base or parent compound for thyroid hormone.
Monoiodotyrosine(T1)
Tyrosine with one iodine stuck to it
Diiodotyrosine(T2)
Tyrosine with two iodine stuck to it.
Thyronine
2 benzene rings.
Iodine
Needed to produce thyroid hormone. 50mg/year needed.
Peroxidase
Uses oxidative stress to turn Iodine into Thyroid hormone
Thyroid Hormone
Steroid. Fat Soluble. Gene transcription upregulated(protein production)
Albumin
Transport protein from liver
TBG(Thyroxine binding globulin)
Main transport protein for thyroid hormone. Made in liver