Thyroid Hormone Is Produced in the Thyroid Gland

question 116

Multiple Choice

Thyroid hormone is produced in the thyroid gland

• A) in a process that involves the iodination of single tyrosine molecules prior to incorporation into thyroglobulin
• B) after which T4 and T3 are stored as active hormones in the colloid of the thyroid follicles
• C) stored in the follicle, and released into the blood stream after proteolysis of thyroglobulin in phagolysosomes of the thyroid cell
• D) with a ratio of T3 to T4 of approximately 151
• E) C and D

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