accessory thyroid glands — glandulae thyroideae accessoriae … Medical dictionary
Thyroid — An adjective and a noun, pertaining to the thyroid gland or, less often today, to a preparation made of mammalian thyroid tissue to treat hypothyroidism. For example, the sentence My thyroid is not making enough thyroid hormone uses thyroid… … Medical dictionary
lingual thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue located at the base of the tongue, between the foramen cecum and the hyoid bone. It may project into the pharynx, be entirely within the tongue, or be just beneath it; sometimes the normally located… … Medical dictionary
retrosternal thyroid — substernal thyroid an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue situated in the thorax behind the sternum … Medical dictionary
intrathoracic thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue located within the thoracic cavity … Medical dictionary
suprahyoid thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue found above the hyoid bone … Medical dictionary
Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery — Artery: Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery The thyroid gland and its relations. Latin ramus cricothyroideus arteriae thyroideae superioris Gray s … Wikipedia
gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… … Medical dictionary
glandula — 1. [NA] SYN: gland. 2. SYN: glandule. [L. gland, dim. of glans, acorn] glandulae areolares [TA] SYN: areolar glands, under gland. g. atrabiliaris SYN: suprarenal gland. g. basilaris SYN: pituitary gland. glandulae bronchiales [TA] SYN: bronchial… … Medical dictionary
exclave — An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, such as the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland. [L. ex, out, + clave (in enclave)] * * * ex·clave (eksґklāv) [ex + L. clavis key, by analogy with enclave] a detached part of an… … Medical dictionary
goiter — A chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland, not due to a neoplasm, occurring endemically in certain localities, especially regions where glaciation occurred and the soil is low in iodine, and sporadically elsewhere. SYN: struma (1). [Fr. from L.… … Medical dictionary