What Are the Three Primary Hormones Released by the Thyroid

question 13

Multiple Choice

What are the three primary hormones released by the thyroid gland?

• A) calcitonin, epinephrine, norepinephrine
• B) thyroxine, triiodothyronine, epinephrine
• C) thyroxine, triiodothyronine, calcitonin
• D) calcitonin, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroxine

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Cyanobacterium

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Green Alga

Single-celled, colonial, or multicelled photosynthetic protist that has chloroplasts containing chlorophylls a and b.

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