Refer to the figure showing the thyroid gland. 
A person with a diet deficient in iodine can develop a goiter.At what point in the figure would the production of thyroxine be halted, and what would the consequence be?
A) It would be halted at point 2, and thyroglobulin could not be produced.
B) It would be halted at point 3, and thyroglobulin could not be secreted into the follicle lumen.
C) It would be halted at point 3, and thyroglobulin would accumulate in the follicle lumen.
D) It would be halted at point 5, and thyroglobulin could not be taken up into lysosomal vesicles.
E) It would be halted at point 5, and thyroglobulin could not be digested into T3 and T4 and would accumulate in the lysosomes.
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