2. Complete the Sentence

Use the words in the list below to complete the sentence:

overactive; goitre; lump; bloodstream; iodine; different; proper; disease; resulting; hyperthyroidism; little; needed; thyroid; energy

Thyroid_______occurs when the_______gland doesn't supply the_______ amount of hormones_______by the body. If the thyroid is_______, it releases too much

thyroid hormone into the_______, resulting in hyperthyroidism. _______causes the body to use up_______more quickly than it should, and chemical activity in the cells speeds up. An underactive thyroid produces too_______thyroid hormone, _______in

hypothyroidism. Although they are two_______conditions, in both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism the thyroid can become larger than normal. An enlarged thyroid gland is a_______that can be felt under the skin at the front of the neck. When it is large enough to see easily, it's called a . People who don't get enough in their diets also can get an enlarged thyroid.

3. Anagrams

• Solve the anagrams by reading the clues and putting the letters in order to form words. Write your answers in the gird to find the mystery word spelled by their initial letters.

1. Any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism 2. Lack of ability or means; incapacity 3. To combine (two or more numbers or quantities) by addition 4. To swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind 5. To make or grow larger incize, scope, etc.; increase or expand 6. Of or relating to the thyroid gland 7. Something that is produced by a cause or agent; result 8. The tissue forming the outer covering of the body

ASEESID LITYBIANI DAD OATBL EGRLAEN OIDRYTH ECTFEF KINS

Mystery word: any of various disorders, esp. diabetes mellitus, characterized by excretion of an abnormally large amount of urine

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