Anatom3DThyroid gland
Glandula thyroidea · Štítná žláza
Endocrine glands
Looks like
A butterfly of soft tissue across the front of the windpipe, below the voice box.
What it does
Sets the body's speed: heart rate, temperature, weight and energy.
Keeping it well
Iodised salt; a lump, a changing voice or unexplained weight change deserves a blood test.
Its parts
Related conditions
- 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge)
- Adrenal insufficiency (Addison's)
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism & Graves' disease
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Postnatal depression
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules & goitre
- Thyroiditis (Hashimoto's & subacute)
- Turner syndrome
- Type 1 diabetes