Thyroid Metabolic Hormones
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What is the maximum percentage of enlargement that a mother's thyroid gland typically undergoes during pregnancy?
View answer and explanationIn correspondence with the enlargement of the thyroid gland during pregnancy, which hormone's production is also increased?
View answer and explanationWhat placental hormone has a thyrotropic effect that contributes to increased thyroxine production in a pregnant woman?
View answer and explanationBesides human chorionic gonadotropin, what other specific thyroid-stimulating hormone is secreted by the placenta during pregnancy?
View answer and explanationFrom where do the hormones that stimulate increased maternal thyroxine production during pregnancy primarily originate?
View answer and explanationThe increased secretion of several hormones, including thyroxine, contributes to an increase in the basal metabolic rate of a pregnant woman. By approximately what percentage does this rate increase?
View answer and explanationDuring which period of pregnancy does the basal metabolic rate increase by approximately 15 percent due to hormonal changes, including increased thyroxine?
View answer and explanationWhat is a likely outcome for an infant born to a mother with untreated hyperthyroidism?
View answer and explanationTreatment with which type of hormone in a pregnant mother can result in her infant being born with a temporarily hyposecreting thyroid gland?
View answer and explanationIf a woman has had her thyroid gland surgically removed prior to pregnancy, what endocrine condition might her infant be born with?
View answer and explanationIn a pregnant woman who previously had a thyroidectomy, which gland becomes responsible for secreting great quantities of thyrotropin?
View answer and explanationA lack of secretion of which hormone in a fetus results in the condition known as cretin dwarfism?
View answer and explanationIn addition to mental retardation, what is another significant developmental issue associated with cretin dwarfism caused by fetal thyroid hormone deficiency?
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