Build thyroid hormone in order
Exercise and reference answers
- Steps
- TSH binds follicle
- Iodide pumped in
- Iodide oxidised
- Iodine to tyrosine
- T3 and T4 form
- Colloid taken in
- T3 and T4 freed
- Instructions
- Tap the steps in the order the thyroid follicle uses to build and release T3 and T4.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 17 "The Endocrine System", section 17.4 The Thyroid Gland_
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