(UNIT 7): LECTURE 5: THYROID EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

What are the 2 cells in the thyroid gland? Correct Answer: follicular cells C cells What hormones are secreted from follicular cells? Correct Answer: T3 T4 - Thyroxine What hormones are secreted from the C cells? Correct Answer: calcitonin What ingredients are needed to synthesize Thyroid hormones? Correct Answer: tyrosine iodine thyroglobulin 2 Where does the body get tyrosine? Correct Answer: synthesized by body (amino acid) Where does the body get iodine? Correct Answer: dietary intake Where does the body get thyroglobulin? Correct Answer: synthesizes and stored in Thyroid What begins thyroid hormone synthesis? Correct Answer: iodine enters thyroid What channel brings iodine into the thyroid gland? Correct Answer: Na-I symport What does iodine do once in the thyroid? Correct Answer: stimulates thyroglobulin secretion What happens to the iodine and thyroglobulin once they are both in the thyroid? Correct Answer: iodination What is iodination