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Thyroid Gland

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What is the largest endocrine gland in the body?   Thyroid  
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Where is the thyroid located   front of the neck below the Adams's apple  
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What shape is the thyroid have?   Butterfly  
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What crucial role does the thyroid help set?   Metabolic rate  
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The thyroid is a storehouse for what?   Iodine  
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What is the normal variant of the thyroid?   Pyramidal lobe  
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How does the thyroid gland develope?   As a tubular invagination in the floor of the primitive pharynx.  
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An incomplete decent may lead to the formation of thyroid abnormally high in the neck called:   Lingual thyroid or aberrant thyroid  
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Excessive desent of the thyroid leads to:   Substernal thyroid  
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The thyroid is located   in the anterioinferior part of the neck  
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The thryroid is located in a space outlined by   muscles, trachea, esophogus, carotid arteries and jugular veins  
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The thyroid is made up of   Right and Left lobes  
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The right and left lobes are connected by the   Isthmus draping over the trachea  
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The superior border of the lobes begin at the   Thyroid cartilage  
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The Right lobe is   often larger than the left  
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Tall individuals   glands longitudinally elongated  
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shorter individuals   glands more oval  
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Normal dimensions of the lobes   vary widely  
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The anteroposterior diameter   is the most reliable measurement of the thyroid.  
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Four arteries supply blood   The upper poles receive blood via two superior thyroid arteries that arise from the ECA. The inferior thyroid artery is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk. ( a branch of the subclavian a.)  
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What makes up the major neurovascular bundle?   Internal Jugular Vein, vagus nerve, CCA  
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What makes up the minor neurovascular bundle?   inferior thyroid artery, recurrent laryngeal nerve mark the posterior border of the thyroid.  
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Anatomic variants of the thyroid   pyramidal lobe 15-30% can arise from either lobe  
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Hypothyroidism   Hashimoto's disease  
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Hyperthyoidism   Graves' disease  
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Hypothyroidism symptoms   dry brittle hair, angina, bradycardia, constipation, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, dry yellowish skin, cold intolerance, decreased sweating, lethargy, tiredness,fatigue, brittle nails  
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Hyperthyroidism symptoms   hair-thinning, fine, Tachycardia, palpitations, diarrhea, amenorrhea, decreased menstrual flow, hot, flushed, moist skin, heat intolerance, increased sweating, nervousness, irritability, insominia, palmar erythema  
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Goiter   refers to a diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland  
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Goiters are caused by   hypothyroid and hyperthyroid conditions  
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goiters can become large and compress   the esophagus and trachea  
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Posterolateral Landmarks of the thyroid   on transverse views the CCA and internal jugular vein form the posterior lateral border of the gland  
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Posterolateral Landmarks of the thyroid   the artery is located medial to the vein  
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Medial Landmark   The air-filled trachea forms the medial border and appears hyperechoic with posterior shadowing  
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Anterolateral Landmark   The sternocleidomastoid is lateral and superficial to the omohyoid. The sternothyroid, sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles collectivley called the strap muscles form the anterolateral border of the gland.  
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Strap Muscles   directly superficial to the thyroid gland is the sternothyroid muscle,which is bordered by the sternohyoid anteriorly and omohyoid laterally.  
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Posterior Landmark   longus colli muscle appears as low-level, echogenic structure defining the posterior border of the gland  
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Normal thyroid is uniformaly   echogenic, with medium-to high level echoes similiar to testes  
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The strap muscles   are hypoechoic relative to the gland  
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The LCM (longus colli muscle)   is triangulary shaped  
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The esophagus is visualized slightly to the   left of mid-line adjacent to the trachea and appears and as circular hypoechoic structure.  
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In the sagittal plane of imaging   the strap muscles and SCM (sternocleidomastoid muscle) are anterior to the gland.  
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The strap muscles consist of   sternothyroid, sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles which form the anterolateral border of the gland  
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What muscle is not a strap muscle?   the sternonocleidomastoid muscle which is located lateral and superficial to the omohyoid muscle.  
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Myxedema   when hypothyroidism first appears in older children or adults  
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Common symptoms of myxedema   lethargy, slow intellectual fx, fatigue, weakness, cold-intolerance, contipation, weight increase, hair loss, bradycardia.  
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Cretinism (hypothyroidism) presents when?   during development and infancy  
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Common symptoms of Cretinism   floppy infant, thick, protruding tongue, poor feeding, chocking episodes, thickened facial features, constipation, short stature, abnormal bone growth, mental retardation.  
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Hyperthyroidism results from what?   over secretion of thyroid horomone  
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Hyperthyroidism is predominantly found in whom?   adult women peak incidence between 30 and 50 yrs.  
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Three causes collectively account for 99% of hyperthyroidism cases.   diffuse toxic hyperplasia(Graves'disease)-85% Toxic multinodudular goiter and toxic adenoma  
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Hyperthyroidism is also called?   thyrotoxicosis  
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It occurs as part of a syndrome which may include______________and _______________ and is know as Graves' disease   goiter and exopthalmos  
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Causes of thyroid englargement   Inborn errors of throid hormone synthesis, nutritional iodine deficiency, goitrogenic substances, nontoxic nodular goiter, diffuse toxic goiter (graves' disease) throiditis (Hashimoto's ) and neoplasms (malignant or benign)  
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Toxic goiter refers to a goiter with   hyperthyroidism  
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