The thyroid appears from the 18th day of the intrauterine life and presides over the development of the nervous system throughout the gestation.
Any thyroid deficit at this time will affect the cerebral behavioral equilibrium and may induce hypothyroid idiopathic cretinism.
Throughout life, the thyroid plays an important role in basal metabolism, especially in relation to the small intestine in lipid metabolism.
The thyroid plays an important role on the basal metabolism. "Biological clock", it allows to fit in a time and a place.
Some thyroid pathologies appear as a result of an often badly lived move, after a mourning or a significant shock, which makes the patient say: "my life stopped the day this happened," which translates a blockage in time.
The thyroid is part of the family Reins-Bladder in relation to the sense of hearing. It expresses communication in relation to time.