The thyroid scan and thyroid uptake provide information about the structure and function of the thyroid. The thyroid is a gland in the neck that controls metabolism, a chemical process that regulates the rate at which the body converts food to energy. top of page.
The mask, dubbed Triton, acts like a fish gill to extract oxygen from water so that the user can keep on breathing while under the sea. The scaly texture on the arms conceal small holes in the material where water is sucked in.
Oxygen makes up about 21% of the air we breathe and half of this oxygen is produced by phytoplankton in the ocean. All aerobic life requires oxygen to produce energy. In water, oxygen is found in a dissolved form and is much more limiting. For this reason, we measure dissolved oxygen in water not in % but in units of umol/kg. The highest concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the ocean are found within the surface mixed layer at concentrations of > 200 umol/kg.