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Where is the thyroid

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The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adam's apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle. When the thyroid is its normal size, you can't feel it.
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Answer:

Thyroid is a gland on the front of the neck.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is a butterfly shaped gland on the front of the neck called the thyroid gland. It lies below the Adam's apple parallel to the front of the windpipe.

Thyroid is a ductless gland which secretes hormones that speeds up the rate of the activities in the body, thus regulating the growth and development through the rate of metabolism.

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