Ultrasound Anatomy and Comparative Analysis of the Thyroid Gland in Healthy 10-Year-Old Children

Abstract

The thyroid gland refers to the endocrine organs whose hormones are vital. The role of thyroid hormones in childhood and adolescence is especially great – a growing body needs relatively more of them than adults. The study of morphometric parameters of the thyroid gland in children in endemic zones of the Bukhara region showed that the length of the organ in the second period of childhood in boys the growth rate of 2.7 times and in girls 2.8 times, the growth rate of the width of the gland in the second period of childhood in children 2.1 times, the growth rate of the thyroid gland in the second period of childhood in boys 2.6 times and 2.4 times in girls, the growth rate of the organ volume in the second period of childhood in boys by 13.3 times and in girls by 14.3 times, and the height of the isthmus in the second period of childhood in boys and girls is 3.1 times in relation to the newborn age.