ABSTRACT
Introduction: Thyroid gland surgery is one of the most common surgical interventions in the head and neckregion. The gland is located low down in front of the neck. It consists of two symmetrical lobes united by anisthmus. A small portion of the gland substance often projects upwards from the isthmus, generally to the left ofthe midline as the Pyramidal lobe (PL). The Levator glandulae thyroidea(LGT) descends from the hyoid body to theisthmus or apex of Pyramidal lobe, innervated by branch of external laryngeal nerve. Hence this study onmorphological analysis of the gland will hopefully help to minimise the complications during the surgeries.Materials and methods: The study was done in 50 specimens which included glands dissected out of adultcadavers, specimens used for teaching in the department and rest of them were collected from fresh cadavericworkshops.statistical analysis was done between male and female thyroid glands using spss software 20version, dependant variables were compared using chi square test.Result: The shape of the gland was mostly normal, Isthmus was related to 2,3,4 th tracheal rings and in 6% casesit was absent. The pyramidal lobe was seen mostly to the left in 38% cases, LGT was absent in 36% cases,muscular LGT was seen on left side in 18% cases and STA was seen related to the medial border of apex in 52%cases.Conclusion: In the present study we observed variation in the morphology between the male and female thyroidglands