Thyroid gland nursing

1. THYROID
GLAND
DR.RAFEEQ
Dept.of Anatomy

2. POSITION :
PARTS :
WEIGHT : 30 gm
DIMENSIONS :
Lateral lobes 5x2.5x2.5
cm
Isthmus – 1.2x 1.2 cm

3. CAPSULE :
1. TRUE CAPSULE
2. FALSE CAPSULE
? SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT OF THYROID OR LIGAMENT OF BERRY
 Thyroid gland moves up & down during
swallowing. Why ??

5. PARTS OF THYROID GLAND
LATERAL LOBES
• BASE
• APEX
• 3 SURFACES
• 2 BORDERS
ISTHMUS
• 2 SURFACES
• 2 BORDERS

6. RELATIONS :

7. RELATIONS OF LATERAL SURFACE

8. RELATIONS OF MEDIAL SURFACE
2 TUBES,2 MUSCLES,2 NERVES,

10. RELATIONS OF POSTEROLATERAL SURFACE
1. CCA
2. IJV
3. VN

11. RELATIONS OF BORDERS

12. RELATIONS OF ISTHMUS

13. BLOOD SUPPLY :
Arterial supply :
1. Superior thyroid arteries
2. Inferior thyroid arteries
3. Arteria thyroidea ima
Venous drainage :
superior , middle &
inferior thyroid veins.

17. CLINICAL ANATOMY OF THUYROID GLAND
1. GOITRE
2. EXAMINATION OF THYROID SWELLING
3. THYROIDECTOMY
4. HYPOTHYROIDISM
5. HYPERTHYROIDISM

19. HISTOLOGY :
•Capsule
•Thyroid follicles
•Colloid
•Parafollicular cells
•Blood vessels
•Follicular cells : T3 &T4
• parafollicular cells: calcitonin

23. PARATHYROID GLAND
DR.RAFEEQ.P

24. ? Location
Size:
6 mm long
3 mm width
3 mm thick
PARATHYROID GLAND