Refer to the Figure Showing the Thyroid Gland

question 59

Short Answer

Refer to the figure showing the thyroid gland. A person with a diet deficient in iodine can develop a goiter.At what point in the figure would the person's production of thyroxine be halted, and what would the consequence be?

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