A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band
of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES
from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating
METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
/surg: probably THYROIDECTOMY; inflammation = THYROIDITIS; nodule = THYROID NODULE;
/abnorm: consider also THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID (USP), a dehydrated extract of
thyroid glands is available