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When the thyroid gland is removed, there is no production of thyroid hormones. Therefore, a person is usually put on daily thyroid medication as prescribed by their physician. This person is also treated in a similar way as those with hypothyroidism, or the under production of thyroid hormones.
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∙ 11y agoRemoval of the thyroid gland will result in hypOthyroidism and the need for supplementation of thyroid hormones.
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Is the thyroid gland an endocrine gland?
Yes! a thyroid gland IS an endocrine gland
What is the large gland adjacent to the trachea?
The thyroid gland.
What gland is responsible for how fast you use up the food you eat?
thyroid gland
What endocrine gland is located in the trachea?
The thyroid gland
What is the target gland for tsh?
the thyroid
What will happen to the metabolic rate OS a rat missing a thyroid gland?
it will decrease
What gland produces thyroxine?
Thyroid Gland is the gland that produce the hormone thyroxin.
What does the thyroid gland secrete?
The Thyroid Gland secretes Calcitonin.
What hormone does the thyriod secrete?
Thyroxine, or 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyronine - T4, a form of thyroid hormones is the major hormone secreted by the follicular cells of the thyroid gland.
Enlargement of the thyroid gland?
A goiter is inflammation of the thyroid gland, also known as the thyroid gland becoming enlarged.
What would happen to the cells if there is no thyroid gland?
Eventually cells of the body would die....as the metabolic rate would decrease as thyroxine, released by thyroid gland, controls metabolic rate.
Smaller glands in the neck?
The endocrine gland in the neck is the thyroid gland. The parathyroid glands are found within the thyroid gland.
