A normal adult thyroid gland weighs 10 to 20 g and receives blood from bilateral superior and inferior thyroid arteries and a small artery called the thyroid ima. The thyroid secretes two hormones. Thyroxine (T 4) makes about 90% of hormone production, and triiodothyronine (T 3) produces the other 10%.
Fast Growing Cold Hardy Tree. - Grows up to 5 ft per year! The Quaking Aspen is well known for thriving in cold climates and poor soil... but it's also a brightly colored tree with many desirable characteristics.
Populus tremula, commonly called aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, or quaking aspen, is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, from Iceland and the British Isles east to Kamchatka, north to inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and northern Russia, and south to central Spain, Turkey, the Tian ...