Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

The Thyroid Gland

The Thyroid Gland

The thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the neck and covers the anterior surface of the trachea. The gland has two lateral lobes connected by a thin tissue mass called the isthmus. Internally, each lobe comprises many small spherical structures known as thyroid follicles, surrounded by a network of blood vessels.
The follicles have a central cavity lined by simple cuboidal to squamous epithelial cells called follicular cells. These cells produce the glycoprotein...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Qualitative Properties of Circulating Fatty Acids Are Associated With MASLD: A Cross-Sectional Study From the NHANES Database.

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver·2025

Same author

Medication Use Before and After Different Bariatric Surgery Procedures: Results from a Population-Based Cohort Study.

Obesity surgery·2025

Same author

Chronic Hepatitis B and MASLD: Growing Awareness and Unmet Clinical Needs.

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver·2025

Same author

Evaluating the Prognostic Value of the Triglyceride-Glucose Index in Different Populations: A Critical Analysis.

Nutrients·2025

Same author

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, insulin sensitivity and continuous glucose monitoring metrics in patients with type 1 diabetes: A multi-centre cross-sectional study.

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism·2025

Same author

Comparing medication persistence with oral and subcutaneous semaglutide in a real-world setting.

Acta diabetologica·2024

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Nov 16, 2025

Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Published on: September 15, 2023

An unexpected bilateral mass after total thyroidectomy

Rosa Cannistraci^1,2, Edgardo Bonacina³, Alessandro Garbellini⁴

¹Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy.

|February 25, 2021

Summary

No abstract available in PubMed .

More Related Videos

Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Published on: September 20, 2024

Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Trans-Axillary Approach

Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Trans-Axillary Approach

Published on: September 15, 2023

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025

Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Published on: September 15, 2023

Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Published on: September 20, 2024

Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Trans-Axillary Approach

Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Trans-Axillary Approach

Published on: September 15, 2023