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What is the gland doctors image with iodine-131?
The thyroid gland is often imaged using a salt of iodine-131 as this gland has a high uptake of iodine.
What gland regulates iodine?
The thyroid gland
How iodine gets inside thyroid gland cells?
The thyroid naturally absorbs iodine as part of the synthesis process in storing, and secreting, thyroid hormone into the body. After this process is complete, leftover iodine gets absorbed by other body tissues and flushed out of the body through urination.
What is the gland that doctors image with iodine-131?
The Thyroid gland
The gland that doctors image with iodine 131?
thyroid gland
What gland can cause goither?
the thyroid gland, from iodine deficiency , or a low functioning thyroid gland which is (hypothyroidism)
Why is lodine getting given to the Japanese?
The thyroid gland absorbs iodine. As some radioactive iodine is being emitted into the environment from the reactor accident at Fukushima, Japan, there is a chance that people's thyroid glands will absorb the radioactive iodine. That is unless those people saturate their glands with enough non-radioactive iodine first so that the thyroid cannot absorb any more.
What mineral does the thyroid gland depend on?
iodine
Why is iodine needed?
Needed by the thyroid gland.
What is the function for Iodine?
The function of iodine is to keep good working of thyroid gland and the throat.
Why is iodine used for?
Because iodine is required to regulate the activities of thyroid gland in us.
What gland absorbs light and secretes melatonin to regulate daily rhythms?
the pineal gland.
