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Thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal (Thyroid (Anatomy (Blood supply to…
Thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal
Thyroid
- Endocrine gland: located: vertebral level C5 - T1: anterior neck
- Consists two lobes united by central isthmus
- Inferior thyroid cartilage, wraps around cricoid cartilage
Anatomy
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Nervous innervation
- Mainly receives innervation from autonomic nervous system
- Parasympathetic from branches Vagus nerve
- Sympathetic: cervical chain ganglion
- Effect of innervation on blood vessels - perfusion of thyroid
Venous drainage
- Drained by superior, middle and inferior thyroid veins
- Superior and middle thyroid veins drain ton internal jugular vein
- Inferior thyroid veins anastomose with each other and drain into left brachiocephalic vein
Embryology
- Thyroid develops base of tongue
- Embryological remnant foramen caecum
- Thyroid starts descent from base of tongue
- To base of neck at level of cricoid cartilage via thyroglossal duct:
- End 5th week, thyroglosssal duct degenerates
- 6th week., thyroid reached its destination an production of TSH by pituiatry detectable week 12
- Fetal thyroid hormone important for: neurodevelopment protection against maternal hypothyroidism
Histology
- Follicular cells
- Colloid
- Parafollicular cells
- cuboidal epithelium
Physiology
- Two main thyroid hormone
- T3: triiodothyroxine: more potent than T4
- T4: thyroxine: Longer half life than T3
- Follicular cells responsible for production and secretion
- Parafollicular cells: secrete calcitonin
- Stimulated by TRH and TSH
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Parathyroid gland
- Posterior lobes thyroid
- Parathyroid glands homeostasis of calcium
- Calcium levels drop or rise in blood, receptors in PT detect this and release or inhibit PTH
- Chief cells: PTH
- Oxyphil cells: no known function
PTH
- Calcium homeostasis
- Phosphate regulation
- Vitamin D activation
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Vitamin D
- PTH increases activity of 1 alpha hydroxylase: converts calcidiol (from liver) into calcitriol (active form vit D)
- Serum phosphate
- PCT kidneys: PTH reduces re-absorption of phosphates, decreasing conc of phosphate , Vit D can counterbalance effect
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