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What is the storage form of the thyroid hormone in the thyroid gland?
What is the storage form of the thyroid hormone in the thyroid gland?
Which hormone stimulates the production and release of TSH from the pituitary gland?
Which hormone stimulates the production and release of TSH from the pituitary gland?
Which carrier protein is the major carrier of protein for thyroid hormones?
Which carrier protein is the major carrier of protein for thyroid hormones?
What is the conversion product of T4?
What is the conversion product of T4?
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Which hormone controls the secretion of TSH in a pulsatile circadian manner?
Which hormone controls the secretion of TSH in a pulsatile circadian manner?
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What type of hormones are unbound to plasma proteins and are free to act in the body?
What type of hormones are unbound to plasma proteins and are free to act in the body?
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Which hormone is synthesized in the anterior pituitary gland?
Which hormone is synthesized in the anterior pituitary gland?
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Which hormone stimulates the production and release of T4 from the thyroid gland?
Which hormone stimulates the production and release of T4 from the thyroid gland?
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What is the primary function of thyroglobulin in the synthesis of thyroid hormones?
What is the primary function of thyroglobulin in the synthesis of thyroid hormones?
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Which thyroid hormone is the most active and four times more potent than T4?
Which thyroid hormone is the most active and four times more potent than T4?
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What role do thyroid hormones play in cellular enzyme activity?
What role do thyroid hormones play in cellular enzyme activity?
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Which of the following is NOT a function of thyroid hormones?
Which of the following is NOT a function of thyroid hormones?
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Where does primary thyroid dysfunction occur?
Where does primary thyroid dysfunction occur?
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Which autoimmune disease causes hyperthyroidism?
Which autoimmune disease causes hyperthyroidism?
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What is the most common cause of thyroid disease?
What is the most common cause of thyroid disease?
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Which thyroid dysfunction occurs at the pituitary level?
Which thyroid dysfunction occurs at the pituitary level?
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In which organ do thyroid hormones regulate proteins important in liver, cardiac, neuro, and muscle functioning?
In which organ do thyroid hormones regulate proteins important in liver, cardiac, neuro, and muscle functioning?
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'Now you see why people feel horrible when their thyroid is out of whack' implies that ___?
'Now you see why people feel horrible when their thyroid is out of whack' implies that ___?
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