KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 138 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 48-year-old patient has been found to have an increase in the concentration of thyroid hormones in blood. Microscopy of a biopsy sample from the thyroid gland is likely to reveal the following morphological changes affecting the following cells:
- A. Decrease in the thyrotrope height
- B. Increase in the thyrocyte height
- C. Changes in hormone concentrations will have no effect on the morphology of the thyroid gland cells
- D. Decrease in the parathyrocyte size
- E. Decrease in the thyrocyte height
Hint
Think about how the shape of the follicular epithelium reflects how active the gland is.
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