Morphological characteristics of the thyroid gland, a brief description of the morphology, location

Most people don't know where the thyroid gland is, but most people are not unfamiliar with "thick neck disease", in fact, "thick neck disease" is an enlarged thyroid gland, which tells us that the thyroid gland is located in the neck. To be more specific, what we usually call the "Adam's apple", we can touch it ourselves, the thyroid gland is located about 2 3 cm below the "Adam's apple", and can move up and down with it when swallowing.

The thyroid gland is shaped like an "H", brownish-red, divided into two lateral lobes, left and right, connected by an isthmus in the middle. The lobes on both sides are attached to the lateral surface of the lower larynx and the upper part of the trachea, up to the middle of the thyroid cartilage, and down to the sixth tracheal cartilage, and the isthmus is mostly located in front of the second to fourth tracheal cartilage, and some people are underdeveloped. Sometimes a cone-shaped lobe sticks upwards from the isthmus, with different lengths, and the elder can reach the hyoid bone, which is a remnant of embryonic development, and often gradually degenerates with age, so children are more common than adults.

The thyroid gland is covered with a fibrous sac, called the thyroid capsule, which extends into the glandular tissue to divide the gland into lobules of different sizes, and the sac is covered by a deep cervical fascia (anterior trachea), and there is often a ligament-like connective tissue connection between the lateral lobes of the thyroid gland and the cricoid cartilage, so when swallowing, the thyroid gland can move up and down with swallowing.

The presence of these 5 symptoms may indicate an abnormal thyroid morphology and is a sign of thyroid danger.

The thyroid gland is located in the middle of the anterior neck, below the thyroid cartilage, immediately in front of the trachea, and is divided into two lobes, left and right, and is butterfly-shaped.

The main function and synthesis, storage and secretion of thyroid hormones.

The thyroid gland is the largest endocrine gland in the body. Brownish-red, divided into left and right lobes, connected in the middle (called the isthmus), in the shape of "H", the thyroid gland is located in the lower part of the larynx and the anterior side of the upper trachea, and can move up and down with the larynx when swallowing. The main function is to synthesize thyroid hormones and regulate the body's metabolism.

The situation should be a family history of goiter, there is a problem at present, you found an abnormality during the examination, consider that it may be diffuse goiter, the clinical disease is an autoimmune disease, there is often a family history of clinical disease, and it is necessary to choose a drug **or other ways according to the degree of the disease** or other ways**. It is suggested that goiter of clinical disease often presents with pharyngeal discomfort and neck enlargement, which seriously affects swallowing activity. In addition, individual patients with the disease will have secondary thyroid dysfunction, and clinical hyperthyroidism is more common.

Therefore, regular follow-up observation is required.

Dr. Ma from the Thyroid Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Chongqing National Defense Hospital introduced suggestions: 1. Pain: When goiter appears, you and others cannot see it, and there is no obvious pain and tenderness.

A tremor sensation (or cat wheezing) on palpation is common in hyperthyroidism. When simple goiter is so prominent, it has lost its original shape. Localized thyroid adenomas or cysts, such as single or several nodules, have little effect on the entire thyroid shape.

2. Hardness: Generally, there is goiter, and the patient will feel a rubber-like lump in the neck, but some lumps will be harder, such as chronic colloidal goiter, thyroid adenoma, etc., whose hardness is slightly harder than normal; thyroid tumors, which are hard but elastic; chronic lymphoid thyroiditis, thyroid cysts, subacute non-purulent thyroiditis, hard and firm; Thyroid cancer and COP** fibrothyroiditis are hard as a stone, but there are also soft thyroid cancers.

3. Surface smoothness: In view of the characteristics of goiter, experts pointed out that the surface of the thyroid mass is relatively smooth, but the surface of thyroid cancer will be uneven, and for chronic lymphoid thyroiditis, there are small nodules on the surface. Thyroid tumors, thyroid cysts, which may have single or multiple nodules of varying sizes.

4. Mobility: Goiter is mobile, and can move with the patient's neck activity, which means that the thyroid mass has no adhesions with the surrounding area, which is more common in simple goiter, hyperthyroidism, thyroid tumor or cyst, etc.; The absence of movement indicates adhesion to surrounding tissues or cancer infiltration. It is seen in chronic lymphoid thyroiditis, thyroid cancer, etc.

The thyroid gland is a very important gland in vertebrates and belongs to the endocrine organ.

Located: In mammals it is located in the neck below the thyroid cartilage, on both sides of the trachea.

Morphology: The human thyroid gland resembles a butterfly, like a shield, hence the name.

Function: The thyroid gland controls the rate at which energy is used, makes proteins, and regulates the body's sensitivity to other hormones. The thyroid gland relies on the production of thyroxine to regulate these responses, including triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine, also known as tetraiodothyronine (T4).

Both regulate metabolism, growth rate, and other body systems. T3 and T4 are synthesized from iodine and tyrosine. The thyroid gland also produces calcitonin, which regulates the balance of calcium in the body.

Thyroid gland (Latin: glandula thyr(e)oidea; English: thyroid) is a very important gland in vertebrates, belonging to the endocrine organs.

In mammals it is located in the neck below the thyroid cartilage, on both sides of the trachea. The human thyroid gland resembles a butterfly, like a shield, hence the name.

The main function of the thyroid gland is to synthesize thyroid hormones and regulate the body's metabolism.

When you have symptoms such as heat intolerance, excessive sweating, palpitations, irritability, hyperphagia, and weight loss, you should think about whether there is a possibility of hyperthyroidism. When you find symptoms such as cold intolerance, edema, weight gain, dryness, and loss of appetite, you should pay attention to the possibility of hypothyroidism. When you feel pain in your neck and have a fever, especially if you feel a lump and tenderness in the thyroid gland, you should think about the possibility of acute or subacute thyroiditis.

Thyroid disease is a common endocrine system disease, mainly including hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis, thyroid cyst and thyroid tumor, which seriously affects the health of the body.

Thyroid disease is caused by a variety of **, generally speaking, there are the following reasons: iodine-derived factors, autoimmune factors, familial genetic factors, and iatrogenic factors.

What are the symptoms of thyroid? With the gradual development and progress of society, the number of thyroid people with thyroid disease in thyroiditis is gradually increasing, causing certain interference to the health of the whole human being. Let's take a look.

First of all, thyroiditis can generally be divided into three types, namely Hashimoto's, acute and subacute. First, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the onset is slow, there is often goiter at the onset of the disease, the texture is hard and tough, the boundary is clear, some people who have thyroid can have compression symptoms, often no special feeling in the early stage, with the continuous spread of the disease, people with thyroid will be accompanied by hyperthyroidism, and may also be accompanied by hypothyroidism, which will cause certain interference to people who have thyroid. Secondly, acute thyroiditis, caused by bacterial or fungal infection, acute thyroiditis has a more acute onset, with high fever, sweating and general malaise, local masses are found in the thyroid area, the tenderness is very obvious, and the local ** redness and fever are found.

In addition, if people look at the symptoms of subacute thyroiditis, there will be more obvious pain in general. And often accompanied by general malaise, fatigue, muscle pain, some people with thyroid accompanied by fever symptoms, easy to reverse, in the process of disease subsidence, easy to find symptoms of hypothyroidism, people with thyroid usually find swelling, constipation, sensitivity to cold, drowsiness, etc., after a period of time thyroid function will be normal.

All in all, what are the symptoms of thyroid? Have readers and friends already compared and understood? In fact, for the disease, it is not terrible, as the famous saying goes, "the real fear is only the fear itself", so as long as you correct your psychological state and take the initiative to cooperate with the treatment, you will be able to ** as soon as possible.

It is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in time to find out the situation, and the doctor will give different plans according to the different conditions of each patient.