Anatomy & Physiology
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Chapter 17, Problem 16RQ
The secretion of thyroid hormones is controlled by ________.
- TSH from the hypothalamus
- TSH from the anterior pituitary
- thyroxine from the anterior pituitary
- thyroglobulin from the thyroid’s parafollicular cells
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