• The anatomy of the thyroid gland is important, in particular, its relations.
  • Look at this picture
    • Think about the symptoms that thyroid enlargement can give rise to – what gets compressed ?

http://khalidalomari.weebly.com/lobes-and-relation.html

This is an excellent resource on thyroid anatomy: http://fitsweb.uchc.edu/student/selectives/Luzietti/Thyroid_anatomy.htm

You can peel away the layers of the neck to view the thyroid gland and its relations: