parathyroid gland
noun
: any of usually four small endocrine glands that are adjacent to or embedded in the thyroid gland and produce parathyroid hormone
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The study also observed decreased serum calcium and increased levels of the parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is released by the parathyroid glands to control calcium levels in the blood.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Read More: Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks The throat chakra, for example, is closely associated with the thyroid and parathyroid glands, both major glands of the endocrine system.
—Tony Sanchez, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
The parathyroid gland tries to balance calcium levels by stealing calcium from the bones.
—Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2025
These receptors act like docking stations for vitamin D to bind to and trigger different effects in the skin, intestine, bone, parathyroid gland, immune system and pancreas, among others.
—Cristina Palacios, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
At a hospital in Brussels in 2019, one patient was fully awake while surgeons removed two parathyroid glands from her throat, while an anesthesiologist asked her to imagine Thanksgiving dinner at home, candles flickering in a windowsill.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the parathyroid glands start making too much parathyroid hormone in dialysis patients.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The four parathyroid glands sit on top of the thyroid and make a hormone called parathyroid hormone, commonly abbreviated as PTH and unrelated to thyroid hormone.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 June 2023
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Read More: Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks The throat chakra, for example, is closely associated with the thyroid and parathyroid glands, both major glands of the endocrine system.
—Tony Sanchez, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
The parathyroid gland tries to balance calcium levels by stealing calcium from the bones.
—Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2025
These receptors act like docking stations for vitamin D to bind to and trigger different effects in the skin, intestine, bone, parathyroid gland, immune system and pancreas, among others.
—Cristina Palacios, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
At a hospital in Brussels in 2019, one patient was fully awake while surgeons removed two parathyroid glands from her throat, while an anesthesiologist asked her to imagine Thanksgiving dinner at home, candles flickering in a windowsill.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the parathyroid glands start making too much parathyroid hormone in dialysis patients.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The four parathyroid glands sit on top of the thyroid and make a hormone called parathyroid hormone, commonly abbreviated as PTH and unrelated to thyroid hormone.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 June 2023
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