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.
Anatomical Location. The thyroid gland is located in the anterior neck, spanning between the C5 and T1 vertebrae. It is an endocrine gland, divided into two lobes which are connected by an isthmus.It is said to have a butterfly shape. It lies behind the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, wrapping around the cricoid cartilage and superior tracheal rings. It is inferior to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx.t is an endocrine gland, divided into two lobes which are connected by an isthmus. It is said to have a butterfly shape. It lies behind the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, wrapping around the cricoid cartilage and superior tracheal rings.