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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,biochemistry) anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
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[ noun ] (biology,anatomy,biochemistry) a pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)The finding that the concentration of one of these proteases is increased in thyroid_glands from TSH treated animals suggests that this protease may be active in_vivo . The anterior lobe of the pituitary then responds by an increased output of TSH , causing the thyroid to enlarge . The name thyroid-stimulating_hormone ( TSH ) has been given to a substance found in the anterior pituitary_gland of all species of animal so_far tested for its presence . At the present_time we do not know by what biochemical_mechanism TSH acts_on the thyroid , but for bio-assay of the hormone there are a number of properties by which its activity may be estimated , including release of iodine from the thyroid , increase in thyroid weight , increase in mean height of the follicular cells and increase in the thyroidal uptake of * * f . Here we shall restrict discussion to those methods that appear sufficiently sensitive and precise for determining the concentration of TSH in blood . Related terms |
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