Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters were raped and murdered, while her husband, Dr. William Petit, was injured during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut.
This signal is called thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). As the name implies, this hormone stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone and to grow in size. This abnormal growth in size produces what is termed a âgoiter.â Thus, iodine deficiency is one cause of goiter development. Wherever iodine deficiency is common, goiter will be common.
Thyroid stimulating hormones, commonly shortened to TSH, are produced by the pituitary gland. These hormones control the amount of T3 and T4 that is produced by the thyroid. The thyroid is a gland in the front of our necks that regulates our body's metabolism. TSH has one job in our bodies. It tells our thyroid gland when it must make and release two important hormones: 1  thyroxine. 2  triiodothyronine.