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The parathyroid glands are small endocrine glands in the neck of humans and other tetrapods that produce parathyroid hormone. Humans usually have four parathyroid glands variably located on the back of the thyroid gland although considerable variation exists.

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artery
Inferior thyroid artery, Superior thyroid artery
Dorlands prefix
g_06
Gray page
1271
Gray subject
273
lymph
Prelaryngeal, Pretracheal, Lymphatics_of_thymus, Jugulo-diagastric
MeSH name
Parathyroid+Glands
MeSH number
A06.407.560
nerve
Inferior cervical ganglion, Middle cervical ganglion
precursor
Neural crest, Pharyngeal pouch (embryology)
vein
Inferior thyroid veins, Middle thyroid vein, Superior thyroid vein

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