Your thyroid is an important endocrine gland that makes and releases hormones. Your thyroid's main job is to control your metabolism — how your body uses ...

The primary function of the thyroid is the production of the iodine-containing thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine or tetraiodothyronine (T4) ...

15 февр. 2022 г. · Thyroid hormone is the hormone that controls your body's metabolism, the process in which your body transforms the food you eat into energy.

The thyroid makes triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and calcitonin. These hormones are important for metabolism, energy production, body temperature, heart ...

28 мая 2023 г. · The thyroid is a 2-inch-long, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck that controls your metabolism.

The thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormones, which control the speed at which the body's chemical functions proceed (metabolic rate). Thyroid hormones ...

24 янв. 2022 г. · Thyroid gland uses iodine from food to make two thyroid hormones that regulate metabolism, whereas the parathyroid glands produces hormones ...

The thyroid gland regulates metabolism by producing and secreting hormones into your bloodstream.