Thyroid Gland: Facts, Function & Diseases

thyroid gland  An underactive thyroid gland is where the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough hormones Learn about the symptoms and Abstract The vertebrate thyroid gland is composed of the follicles that store T4 extracellularly in the colloid Normal thyroid gland functioning depends upon

Problems with the thyroid include a variety of disorders that can result in the gland producing too little thyroid hormone or too much The thyroid tissue has 2 types of cells: follicular cells and parafollicular cells Most of the thyroid tissue consists of follicles lined by the follicular

Thyroid hormones Your thyroid makes 2 main hormones The normal thyroid produces a number of different hormones The main hormones are called thyroxine and triiodothyronine The thyroid