Thyroid Glossary:  Terms you need to know

  Calcitonin: hormone produced by the thyroid gland.

  Euthyroidism: The state that occurs when the thyroid is producing and releasing the correct of amount of thyroid hormones.

  Hyperthyroidism: or over active thyroid, a condition that occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much of the thyroid hormones.

  Hypothyroidism: or under active thyroid, a condition that occurs when the thyroid gland does not produce an adequate amount of thyroid hormones.

Iodine: A trace element that is vital to a healthy thyroid gland.

  Metabolism: The body's process of breaking down food and transforming it into energy.

  Pituitary Gland: The "master" gland of the body.  It produces and releases thyroid stimulating hormone.

  T3: Abbreviation for the thyroid hormone thiiodotyronine.

  T4: Abbreviation for the thyroid hormone thyroxine.

  Thyroid Gland: A gland that produces hormones which affect metabolism, growth, and cellular differentiation.

Thyroid Stimulating hormone: TSH or thyrotropin, secreted by the pituitary gland it stimulates the thyroid gland to produce and secrete thyroid hormones.

  Thyroxine: A critical hormone produced by the thyroid gland, it has an important effect on growth and metabolism.


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