thyroid

     

The thyroi is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. This gland is found in the neck inferior to (below) the thyroid cartilage (also known as the Adam's apple in men) and at approximately the same level as the cricoid cartilage. The thyroid controls how quickly the body burns energy, makes proteins, and how sensitive the body should be to other hormones.

Trivia about thyroid

  • Levothyroxine, sold under brand names like Unithroid & Synthroid, treats this gland when it's underactive
  • Iodine is part of the hormone thyroxine, produced by this gland
  • Both Graves' disease & Hashimoto's disease attack this gland
  • Your body's metabolism is regulated by hormones from this gland
  • Are you always cold & tired? Have you gained some weight that you can't get rid of? This gland could be underactive
  • This gland in the front of the neck below the larynx makes calcitonin to deal with high levels of calcium in the blood
  • This butterfly-shaped gland straddles the windpipe just behind the Adam's apple
  • This gland makes its hormones by combining iodine with the amino acid tyrosine
  • A lack of iodine in the diet can cause a goiter, which is an enlargement of this gland that's just below the larynx
  • Physician Robert Graves described exophthalmic goiter, a condition now named for him, which affects this gland
  • Hashimoto's disease
  • The "T" in TSH stands for this gland (the "SH" if for stimulating hormone)
  • Iodine, used externally in antiseptics, is found internally in hormones in this gland
  • You have Graves' disease, which primarily affects this gland; despite its name, the disease is very treatable

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