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Thyroid Gland Flashcards

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Calcitonin

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Secreted by the thyroid C cells, tends to lower plasma calcium concentration.

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Thyroxine (T4)

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The body’s metabolic hormone, it regulates body temperature and the rate of oxygen use by the cells

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Triiodothyronine (T3)

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increases the rate of metabolism in body cells

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Parathyroid hormone

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Secreted by the parathyroid gland and regulates calcium in the blood

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