Which statement is incorrect?
A) The "iodide pump" of the follicular cells is important for thyroid hormone production.
B) Thyroid hormones are formed within a much larger molecule called thyroglobulin.
C) Thyroid hormone synthesis is greatly stimulated by the presence of TSH.
D) A two-hour supply of thyroid hormone is stored in the lumen of the thyroid follicles.
E) The coupling of two DIT molecules yields thyroxine.
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Q2: The "iodide pump" refers to the
A)mechanism whereby
Q3: _ would not decrease thyroid hormone production.
A)A
Q4: Most of the secreted T₄ is
A)phagocytized by
Q5: Thyroid hormones
A)regulate basal metabolic rate
B)are released from
Q6: Thyroid hormone does not
A)increase metabolic rate
B)increase tissue
Q7: TSH
A)secretion is stimulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
B)secretion
Q8: During thyroid hormone secretion,
A)the follicular cells phagocytize
Q9: Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin is
A)able to stimulate production of
Q10: Thyroid hormone causes
A)the pituitary to release less
Q11: Thyroid hormones are
A)derivatives of an amino acid
B)produced
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