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| Most abundant hormone secreted by the thyroid. |
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| Most potent hormone secreted by the thyroid. |
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| Duct formed by migration of the thyroid during embryogenesis. |
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| The thyroglossal duct connects what two organs in the fetus? |
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| What is the first endocrine organ to develop in the fetus? |
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| The thyroid is enlarged when the AP diameter is greater than: |
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| What are muscles make up the strap muscle? |
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| sternothyroid, sternohyoid, omohyoid |
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| Muscle adjacent to the trachea and posterior to the CCA. |
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Produced by anterior pituitary gland, to signal release of thyroid hormones
when needed. |
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| thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) |
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Regulated by thyrotropin releasing
factor produced by the hypothalamus. |
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| Controls thyrotropin-releasing factor. |
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| Decreases calcium in blood by inhibiting bone breakdown. |
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| In infants, absence of thyroxine T4 affects: |
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| intelligence and physical growth |
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| Cause of hyperthyroidism. |
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| increased thyroxine secretion |
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| For normal quantities of thyroxine to be produced, ________ mg of iodine must be ingested per week. |
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| Most common thyroid abnormality. |
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Definition
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| Difference between toxic and non-toxic goiter. |
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| Toxic goiters have excessive production of thyroid hormones, while non-toxic have no thyroid hormonal changes. |
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| Diffuse enlargement of thyroid and uniformly enlarged; not arising from neoplasm or infections. |
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| Most common thyroid malignancy. |
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| Most common thyroid cancer in children. |
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Slow growing but more aggressive than
papillary carcinoma. |
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| Follicular adenocarcinoma |
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| Carcinoma with increased calcitonin levels, related to familial syndrome. |
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| multiple endocrine neoplasia |
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Pheochromocytoma with medullary
carcinoma of the thyroid. |
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| Disease of the elderly, one of the most lethal solid tumors. |
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| anaplastic thyroid carcinoma |
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| Worst prognosis of thyroid cancers. |
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| anaplastic thyroid carcinoma |
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| 70-80% of patients with lymphoma have: |
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Definition
| lymphocytic thyroiditis (Hashimoto hypothyroidism) |
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| Metastasis to the thyroid is most common from: |
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| melanoma, breast, renal cell |
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| Most effective methodfor diagnosis of metastasis. |
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| Most common cause of thyroid disorders world wide. |
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| Hyperfunctioning nodule absorbs a lot of radionuclide are “hot” usually: |
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| Inflammation of the thyroid probably caused by a viral infection. |
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| de Quervain's thyroiditis |
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| Autoimmune relaed disease with increased levels of LATS. |
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| Most common cause of hypothyroidism. |
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Definition
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| What provides a diagnosis for Hashimoto's thyroiditis? |
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| Uncommon inflammation secondary to bacterial infection. |
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| acute suppurative thyroiditis |
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| Maintains proper levels of calcium ion in the blood. |
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| Diffuse enlargement of the parathyroid. |
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| What differentiates adenoma from parathyroid hyperplasia? |
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| Congenital anomaly found in the middle of the neck anterior to the trachea - any age group. |
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| Cystic mass seen lateral in the neck near carotid. |
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| Congenital lymphatic malformation commonly found posterior to the neck. |
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| Most common form of lymphangioma. |
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