thyroid cancer part 1

Question 1

a cancer that occur in the cells of thyroid

Answer 1

thyroid cancer

Question 2

a butterfly shaped gland located at the base of the neck, just below the adam’s apple

Answer 2

thyroid

Question 3

this gland produces hormones that regulate heart rate, blood pressure, body temp, and WEIGHT

Answer 3

thyroid

Question 4

this produces CALCITONIN

Answer 4

c cells

Question 5

the body needs _______ to make thyroid hormones

Answer 5

iodine

Question 6

this cells synthesizes thyroglobulins

Answer 6

follicular cells

Question 7

main ingredients to produce T3 and T4

Answer 7

thyroglobulins

Question 8

T3 means

Answer 8

triiodothyronine

Question 9

T4 means

Answer 9

thyroxine

Question 10

these thyroid cells participates in metabolism and indigestion

Answer 10

T3 T4

Question 11

the most common form of thyroid cancer

Answer 11

papillary thyroid cancer

Question 12

a more aggressive thyroid cancer; affects people ages 30 to 50; metastasis

Answer 12

papillary thyroid cancer

Question 13

a cancer that ARISES from the FOLLICULAR CELLS of the thyroid

Answer 13

follicular thyroid cancer

Question 14

a rare type of thyroid cancer that GROWS RAPIDLY AND VERY DIFFICULT TO TREEAT; MOST FATAL

Answer 14

anaplastic thyroid caner

Question 15

this thyroid cancer can metastasize in BLOOD circulation

Answer 15

anaplastic thyroid caner

Question 16

a thyroid cancer that begins in C cells (produces calcitonin)

Answer 16

medullar thyroid cancer

Question 17

when a person undergoes thyroidectomy, assess signs of ___

Answer 17

calcemia