Mikaela Shiffrin (L) celebrates with Melanie Meillard of Switzerland at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup City Event on Jan. 1, 2018 in Oslo, Norway. Mikaela Shiffrin rang in the new year with yet another milestone victory. Shiffrin, the overall leader in the world cup standings, fought her way through dense fog and cruised to a world cup victory Monday in the city event held in Oslo, Norway. She beat Switzerlandâs Wendy Holdener to become the first woman to win two city event world cups.
Â© 2014 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adamâs apple, along the front of the windpipe.The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle.When the thyroid is its normal size, you canât feel it. Brownish-red in color, the thyroid is rich with blood vessels. 2014 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adamâs apple, along the front of the windpipe.
The Thyroid Shape. What it is: Your thyroid resides in the front of your lower neck and is about 2 and a half inches wide. It makes hormones that control the metabolism in all your cells. âHence, thyroid types tend to get big all over, not in just one place,â explains Berg. âMany thyroid body types are triggered by the hormone estrogen.