When the Thyroid Gland Is the Source of Excessive Thyroid

question 1

Multiple Choice

When the thyroid gland is the source of excessive thyroid hormone, is diffusely large, and is homogenously active, it is characteristic of

• A)Graves' disease.
• B)Plummer's disease.
• C)multinodular goiter.
• D)thyroid cancer.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that models the number of times an event occurs in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

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Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Poisson Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.