Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
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A thyroid gland showing bifurcation of the lower end of pyramidal process, one part going to each lateral lobe. |
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A Thyroid gland with pyramidal process attached to left lobe of gland, isthmus absent. |
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A thyroid gland with both pyramidal process and isthmus absent. |
From Marshall, C.F. Variations in the form of the thyroid gland in man. J. Anat. Physiol. 29:234-239, 1895.
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