title: [Morphometrics of the thyroid gland].
abstract: The structural parameters of the thyroid gland are not in all cases homogeneously distributed in the whole organ. So it is possible, that the ratio colloid: epithelium may be very different. In such cases it is favourable to measure stage-wise cut specimens in constant distances. By this the differences, caused by the inhomogeneous distribution, were compensated for. The degree of such differences is demonstrated by a measuring example and a model for calculation.
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids; D004848:Epithelium; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids
vernacular_title: Morphometrie an der Schilddrüse.