If a Person Has an Overactive Thyroid, You Would Expect

question 249

Multiple Choice

If a person has an overactive thyroid, you would expect them to have

• A) increased metabolic rates in most tissues.
• B) a greater need for insulin than a person with typical thyroid function.
• C) a lower metabolic rate in most tissues than a person with typical thyroid function.
• D) a greater need for calcitriol than a person with typical thyroid function.
• E) damage of the pineal gland due to the lack of thyroxine.

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