DeCS

Descriptor English:

Thyroid Gland

Descriptor Spanish:

Glándula Tiroides

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	glándula tiroides
Scope note:	Glándula endocrina muy vascularizada que consta de dos lóbulos, uno a cada lado de la tráquea, unidos por un estrecho istmo; produce las hormonas tiroideas las cuales intervienen en la regulación del metabolismo corporal.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Glândula Tireoide

Descriptor French:

Glande thyroide

Entry term(s):

Corps thyroïde
Thyroïde

Tree number(s):

A06.300.900

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013961

Scope note:

A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively.

Annotation:

/surg: probably THYROIDECTOMY; inflammation = THYROIDITIS; nodule = THYROID NODULE; /abnorm: consider also THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID (USP), a dehydrated extract of thyroid glands is available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie