parathyroid

Also known as parathyroid gland, Parathyroid glands

endocrine gland

AI overview

The parathyroid is an endocrine gland that produces hormones to regulate calcium levels in your body. Maintaining proper calcium balance is essential for healthy bones, nerve function, and muscle contractions.

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Research

72,354 papers

Parathyroid autotransplantation.ReviewSurgery · 1993Baumann DS, Wells SA Jr
Avoiding Complications of Thyroidectomy: Preservation of Parathyroid Glands.ReviewOtolaryngologic clinics of North America · 2024Cottrill EEDOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2023.07.009
FGF23 and the parathyroid.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2012Silver J, Naveh-Many TDOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0887-1_6
Parathyroid hormone: past and present.ReviewThe Journal of endocrinology · 2005Potts JTDOI: 10.1677/joe.1.06057
Perspectives on the Parathyroid-Thymus Interconnection-A Literature Review.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Comănescu MP, Boișteanu O, Hînganu D et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms26136000
Parathyroid glands in calcium regulation and human disease.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2005Akerström G, Hellman P, Hessman O et al.DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.005
Ectopic parathyroid glands and their anatomical, clinical and surgical implications.ReviewExperimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2012Noussios G, Anagnostis P, Natsis KDOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327628
DIAGNOSTIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF NORMOCALCEMIC PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA AND NON-RENAL SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN EXPOSED AND NON;EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION INDIVIDUALS (LITERATURE REVIEW AND OWN RESEARCH DATA).ReviewProblemy radiatsiinoi medytsyny ta radiobiolohii · 2024Kaminskiy OV, Kopylova OV, Afanasyev DE et al.DOI: 10.33145/2304-8336-2024-29-44-66

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Article

Parathyroid glands are small endocrine glands in the neck of humans and other tetrapods. Humans usually have four parathyroid glands, located on the back of the thyroid gland in variable locations. The parathyroid gland produces and secretes parathyroid hormone in response to low blood calcium, which plays a key role in regulating the amount of calcium in the blood and within the bones.

Parathyroid glands share a similar blood supply, venous drainage, and lymphatic drainage to the thyroid glands. Parathyroid glands are derived from the epithelial lining of the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches, with the superior glands arising from the fourth pouch and the inferior glands arising from the higher third pouch. The relative position of the inferior and superior glands, which are named according to their final location, changes because of the migration of embryological tissues.