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Thyroid gland
Glandula thyreoidea
Why this item
Official and academic lists that include this item.
Overview
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Where it is
Part of
Parts
🧍 3D anatomy highlight
Thyroid gland
Numbers
- Count
- Mass
- 20 g(reference: adult male (ICRP 89 reference))ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values) ↗ · checked 2026-11-1017 g(reference: adult female (ICRP 89 reference))ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values) ↗ · checked 2026-11-10
Through life
- Values by age
- newborn: 1.3 g(reference: newborn reference (ICRP 89))ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values) ↗ · checked 2026-11-10adult: 20 g(reference: adult male (ICRP 89 reference))ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values) ↗ · checked 2026-11-10
Common problems
Common symptoms and conditions here
HyperthyroidismHypothyroidismParathyroid DisordersThyroid Cancer
Connections
Molecules & elements (Elements site)
Iodine
🏠 In everyday life
- Mass reference values: adult male (ICRP 89 reference) 20 g, adult female (ICRP 89 reference) 17 g — a difference of 3 g (ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values))(computed from official values and the catalog)
- Mass: newborn 1.3 g → adult 20 g, about 15.4 times (20 g ÷ 1.3 g, ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values))(computed from official values and the catalog)
- Mass comparison: 20 g — adult male (ICRP 89 reference) — about 0.3 times a large chicken egg (60 g) (20 g ÷ 60 g, ICRP Publication 89 — Basic Anatomical and Physiological Data (reference values))(computed from official values and the catalog)
Identifiers: TA2 3863
Sources: Terminologia Anatomica, 2nd edition (FIPAT/IFAA) ↗
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An educational summary of official sources — it does not replace a diagnosis.
checked 2026-11-10