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What connects the two lobes of the thyroid gland?
The two lobes of the Thyroid gland being the thyroid and the parathyroid are connected by an isthmus.
What systems does thyroid disease attack?
Thyroid disease affects the thyroid gland. This gland is in the neck, in the shape of a butterfly with lobes on each side. The thyroid gland excretes hormones.
What endocrine organ is located in the throat and is a gland connected by a isthmus?
The thyroid gland is located in the throat. The left and right lobes of the thyroid gland are connected by an isthmus.
How many in gland?
You need to be more clear with your Question. How many what in a Gland? Are you asking about how many lobes are there in a pituitary gland or hormones in a thyroid gland?
What is the difference between a thyroidectomy hemi-thyroidectomy and para-thyroidectomy?
Thyroidectomy is the removal of the thyroid hemithyroidectomy is the removal of one lobe of the thyroid gland parathyroidectomy is the removal of one or more lobes of the parathyroid which is behind the thyroid gland.
How many thyroid glands to cats have?
There is one feline thyroid gland in a cat. The gland itself has many parts however, including two lobes - one on each side of the trachea (windpipe).
Bilobed gland connected by an isthmus?
The thyroid gland is a bilobed (or 2 lobed) gland connected by an isthmus (or narrow tissue passageway) between the two lobes. It is located in the throat.
Is the thyroid gland an endocrine gland?
Yes! a thyroid gland IS an endocrine gland
Where is your parathyroid located?
sup parathyroid glad : 1. fixed site - at the cricothyroid cartilage, behind recc. laryngeal nerve, sup to inf thyroid a 2. other sites - retro esophageal or retro pharyngeal inf parathyroid gland : 1. common sites - near the inf lobes, ant to RLN, inf to ITA 2. ectopic sites - within thymus, thyroid gland, mediastinum
What does hyperdensity in a cat scan of thyroid mean?
Hyperdensity in a cat scan of the thyroid indicates calcifications, hemorrhage, or colloid. The thyroid gland is one of the largest endocrine glands and consists of two connected lobes.
What is the large gland adjacent to the trachea?
The thyroid gland.
How many lobes make the brain?
You have four lobes in your brain: frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, and the occipital.
