Which statement is incorrect?
a. The "iodide pump" of the follicular cells is important for thyroid hormone production.
b. Thyroid hormones are formed within a much larger molecule called thyroglobulin.
c. Thyroid hormone synthesis is greatly stimulated by the presence of TSH.
d. A two-hour supply of thyroid hormone is stored in the lumen of the thyroid follicles.
e. The coupling of two DIT molecules yields thyroxine.
D
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