Term Paper 4/25/2014 Thyroid Disease Thyroid is a small gland found at the base of your neck‚ just below your Adam ’s apple. The thyroid produces two main hormones called T3 and T4. These hormones travel in your blood to all parts of your body. The thyroid hormones control the rate of many activities in your body. These include how fast you burn calories and how fast your heart beats. All of these activities together are known as your body ’s metabolism. A thyroid that is working right will
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the development of thyroid eye disease in patients with Graves’ disease: A clinical review Summary points * Thyroid eye disease (TED) is thought to be caused by the stimulation of retro-orbital TSH receptors by thyrotropin receptor stimulating antibodies. * There is a strong association between cigarette smoking and the development and progression of thyroid eye disease. * Cigarette smoking has adverse effects upon treatments for Graves’ disease and thyroid eye disease.
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Introduction Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy accounting for 90% of all endocrine cancers. It constitutes less than 1% of all malignant tumors.(1) Annual incidence of thyroid cancer varies from 0.5 to 10 per 100000 population throughout the world.(1) Age and gender adjusted incidence of thyroid cancer has increased than any other malignancy. According to Surveillance‚ Epidemiology and End Result Programme (SEER) 60‚220 new cases are found in USA in 2013‚ the number of cases
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Thyroid Cancer Specific Purpose: The purpose for my informative speech is to inform my audience about Thyroid Cancer. Thesis: How often do you know people with Thyroid Cancer? Not much? Thyroid Cancer is a nodule in the thyroid region of the neck. Many adults have small nodules in their thyroids‚ but typically fewer than 5% of these nodules are found to be malignant. Organization Format: My Speech will be organized in Chronological order. Introduction: I. Attention getter: I believe
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lot of different ways to cure cancer. Thyroid cancer is cancer that can be caused by many things. Thyroid cancer kills people all the time. Any Type of cancer is bad and can kill you. Cancer is very serious. There are many types of cancer‚ but Chernobyl caused a special kind. Chernobyl caused many types of cancer. That special kind is thyroid cancer‚ it’s located on the bottom base of the neck. Thyroid cancer is very rare‚ but not in Chernobyl. The thyroid is the at the top of the list‚ of cancers
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Four of the six are hormones that regulate the functioning of other endocrine glands: thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)‚ adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)‚ follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)‚ and luteinizing hormone (LH) Remaining two affect non-endocrine targets: growth hormone(GH) and prolactin. Anterior Pituitary Hormones 1. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) – Stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormone. 2. Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) – Stimulates the adrenal cortex to
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site (pituitary Anterior lobe) Basophils‚ Acidophils and Chromophobes where observed. Thyroid gland: is a butterfly shaped gland‚ located in front of the trachea ‚ secreting hormones T3 triiodothyronine and T4 thyroxine. Observed at the labpaq website and noted in the slide the thyroid follicles‚ colloid‚ and simple cuboidal epithelium and C cells. Parathyroid gland: is located behind the thyroid. It secretes parathyroid hormones - PTH that regulates calcium and phosphate. Observed at
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also plays a role if you would or wouldn’t develop thyroid‚ growth disorders‚ or a host of other hormone related disorders. The glands of the endocrine system let go of specific hormones into your bloodstream. The hormones travel through your blood to cells and help control many body processes. The pineal‚ pituitary‚ hypothalamuses are glands in the brain. These glands help release hormones‚ and your sleep patterns‚ some of them work with the thyroid gland for example the pituitary gland. They all
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Thursday 5:30-7:30 Activity 1 Metabolism and Thyroid Hormone Part 1 1 Which rat had the fastest basal metabolic rate (BMR)? The Normal rat had the fastest BMR. 2 Why did the metabolic rates differ between the normal rat and the surgically altered rats? How well did the results compare with your prediction? ___ The BMRs differed because the surgically altered rats were missing either the Pituitary or Thryoid gland that release thyroid hormones. 3 If an animal has been thyroidectomized
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Childhood Obesity Obesity is when excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health. In order for a child to be medical diagnosed as obese they would need to have a BMI (body mass index)‚ which is a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight by the square of the person’s height‚ within the 95th percentile. Unfortunately‚ this disease has become an epidemic in our world today. The worst part is that it is starting with the
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