Concept information
Preferred term
Parathyroid Glands
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- /surg: consider also PARATHYROIDECTOMY
Scope note
- Two pairs of small oval-shaped glands located in the front and the base of the NECK and adjacent to the two lobes of THYROID GLAND. They secrete PARATHYROID HORMONE that regulates the balance of CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; and MAGNESIUM in the body.
In other languages
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Finnish
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gl. parathyreoidea
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glandula parathyreoidea
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lisäkilpirauhanen
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paratyroidea
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Swedish
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Paratyreoidea
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010280
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