Thyroid

Question 1

thyroid location
anterior to [..] and inferior to [..]

Answer 1

neck
larynx (C5-T1)

Question 2

largest pure endocrine gland in the body (20g)

Answer 2

thyroid

Question 3

median tissue of narrow band that connects both lateral lobes

Answer 3

isthmus

Question 4

small third lobe, extended superiorly from isthmus

Answer 4

pyramidal lobe

Question 5

thyroid hormones

Answer 5

thyroxine
tetraiodothyronine
triiodothyronine

Question 6

**muscle lateral to thyroid

Answer 6

sternocleidomastoids

Question 7

**muscle anterior to cervical vertebrae and posterior to each thyroid lobe

Answer 7

longus colli m.

Question 8

**secretes hormones of {..}

Answer 8

T4,T3 anc calcitocin

Question 9

** two major neck vessel landmarks

Answer 9

CCA - medial
IJV - lateral [anterior]

Question 10

**thyroid is between R and L [..]

Answer 10

CCA

Question 11

**thyroid sono app

Answer 11

v. homo and hypere. adjacent to strap muscles

Question 12

**thyroid length
thickness

Answer 12

4-6 cm
3-4 mm

Question 13

**measurements should be taken at the middle portion of each [..] and [..]

Answer 13

thyroid lobe and isthmus

Question 14

**for enlarged thyroid […….]

Answer 14

1. use split screen (linear array transducer)
2. high frequency curved-array sector

Question 15

**color doppler role

Answer 15

differentiate b/w cystic and solid lesions

Question 16

**wrong pos’n

Answer 16

ectopia

Question 17

**MC site of ectopia

Answer 17

midline suprahyoid pos’n

Question 18

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