Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Thyroid gland anatomy

THYROID GLAND Thyroid gland consists of large numbers of follicles filled with a proteinous secretory substance called colloid. The follicle is lined by single layer of cuboidal epithelial cells which becomes flattened in inactivate state and become tall columnar in active state.                            Major constituent of colloid is thyroglobulin which contains the...