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SFOS 74

  1. What hormone stimulates thyroid hormone secretion?
    Pituitary - TSH
  2. What is the result of an iodine deficiency?
    • Goiter
    • Hypothyroidism
  3. Describe deiodination
    • Type 1 - converts T4 to T3 (more active)
    • Type 2 - converts T3 to T4
    • Type 3 - inactivates T3
  4. What are the main actions of thyoid homrone?
    • Thermogenesis
    • Stimulating lipolysis and lipogenesis
    • Increasing LDL receptors
  5. Describe thyroid hormone resistance
    • Elevated T4/T3
    • Detectable TSH
    • Common attention deficit disorder
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SFOS 74
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SFOS 74
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