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Thyroid Glands
Anatomy
Question | Answer |
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What does the thyroid do? | stores considerable amounts of the hormone before secreting them. |
Where is T3 more potent and considered "principle hormone"? | thyroid. |
What is calcitocin? | it increases calcium storage in bone lowering blood CA++ levels. |
What increases the rate of metabolism, but usually converts to T3 first? | Tetraiodothyronine (T4 or thyroxine) |
What does triiodothyronine (T3) do? | increases the rate of the metabolism. |