• What does the thyroid gland look like?
• DIAGRAM OF THYROID HISTOLOGY
• Where are the parathyroid glands and what do they do?
• How does the thyroid gland develop?
• How does TSH work on the thyroid gland to produce T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine)?
• What happens specifically in coupling reactions? (what is MIT and DIT?)
• What happens to T4 in target tissues?
• How are T4 and T3 transported in blood?
• What does thyroid hormone control?
• How is thyroid hormone production controlled?
• Are thyroid diseases more common in men or women?
• Is overactive or underactive thyroid gland more common?
• What happens in primary hypothyroidism?
• What is levothyroxine?
• Why is Liothyronine (T3) not given as a drug and what is combined thyroid hormone replacement?
• What happens in hyperthyroidism?