The Nurse Is Reviewing the Steps of the Negative Feedback

question 27

Short Answer

The nurse is reviewing the steps of the negative feedback regulation of thyroid hormone. The nurse would place these steps in which sequence?
A) Blood levels of thyroid hormone rise.
B) Hypothalamus secretes thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH).
C) Secretion of TSH and TRH are suppressed.
D) T₃ and T₄ are secreted.
E) The anterior pituitary secretes thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).

• A) Blood levels of thyroid hormone rise.
• B) Hypothalamus secretes thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH).
• C) Secretion of TSH and TRH are suppressed.
• D) T₃ and T₄ are secreted.
• E) The anterior pituitary secretes thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).

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