THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS

• DEPENDENT ON IODINE (IODINE PUMP CONCENTRATES IODINE IN CELLS)

• DEPENDENT ON TYROSINE

• PARTIALLY SYNTHESIZED (THYROGLOBULIN) EXTRACELLULARLY AT LUMINAL SURFACE OF FOLLICULAR CELLS AND STORED IN FOLLICULAR LUMEN

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