Knowledge Check Definitions Flashcards

1
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Occurring at an abnormal place or upon the wrong part of the body

A

Heterotrophic

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2
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Wedge-shaped muscle posterior to the thyroid gland

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Longus Colli muscle

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3
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Causing little pain or slow-growing

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Indolent

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4
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Area on nuclear medicine study where the radioisotope has not been taken up

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Cold Nodule

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5
Q

Most common inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland

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Hashimoto thyroiditis

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6
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Benign solid tumour

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Adenoma

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7
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Oversecretion of parathyroid hormones

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Primary hyperparathyroidism

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8
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Thyroid gland is producing the correct amount of thyroid hormone

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Euthyroid

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9
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Disorder associated with elevated serum calcium levels, usually caused by benign parathyroid adenoma

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Hyperparathyroidism

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10
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Congenital anomaly, located anterior to the trachea, extending from the base of the tongue to the isthmus of the thyroid

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Thyroglossal duct cyst

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11
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Hormone that regulates serum calcium and phosphate

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Parathyroid hormone

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12
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Invasive procedure using a small gauge needle to obtain a tissue sample from a specific lesion

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Fine needle aspiration

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13
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Large muscles located anterolateral to the thyroid

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SCM

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14
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Most common form of thyroid cancer

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Papillary carcinoma

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15
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Increase in colour Doppler vascular flow in the thyroid

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Thyroid inferno

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16
Q

Hyperechoic foci that may or may not shadow

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Microcalcifications

17
Q

Sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles located anterior to the thyroid

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Strap muscles

18
Q

Band of thyroid tissue connecting the right and left lobes

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Isthmus

19
Q

Loss of differentiation of cells, which is characteristic of tumour tissue

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Anaplasia

20
Q

Underactive thyroid hormones

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Hypothyroidism

21
Q

Enlargement of the glands

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Adenopathy

22
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Inflammation of the thyroid

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Thyroiditis

23
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Autoimmune hyperthyroidism caused by antibodies that continuously activate TSH receptors

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Graves disease

24
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Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the thyroid to secrete T3 and T4

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone

25
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Focal or diffuse thyroid gland enlargement due to iodine deficiency

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Goiter