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The gland that is located in the neck, next to the thyroid gland is the parathyroid. Most people have four parathyroid glands. The parathyroid glands are very small in size, almost the size of a grain of rice, which are located around the surface of the thyroid gland. The parathyroid produces a hormone called the parathyroid hormone. According toparathyroid.com, the major function of the parathyroid glands are to maintain the body's normal balance of calcium levels in the blood as well as the bones. Maintaining a normal range of parathyroid hormones also affects the nervous and muscular systems.
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∙ 13y agoThe parathyroid glands are the ones closest to the thyroid gland, and the thymus is also close.
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Which gland sits on the thyroid gland?
The parathyroids are tiny glands that sit up next to the thyroid gland.
Is the thyroid gland an endocrine gland?
Yes! a thyroid gland IS an endocrine gland
What is the large gland adjacent to the trachea?
The thyroid gland.
What gland is responsible for how fast you use up the food you eat?
thyroid gland
What endocrine gland is located in the trachea?
The thyroid gland
What is the target gland for tsh?
the thyroid
What gland produces thyroxine?
Thyroid Gland is the gland that produce the hormone thyroxin.
What does the thyroid gland secrete?
The Thyroid Gland secretes Calcitonin.
What hormone does the thyriod secrete?
Thyroxine, or 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyronine - T4, a form of thyroid hormones is the major hormone secreted by the follicular cells of the thyroid gland.
Enlargement of the thyroid gland?
A goiter is inflammation of the thyroid gland, also known as the thyroid gland becoming enlarged.
Smaller glands in the neck?
The endocrine gland in the neck is the thyroid gland. The parathyroid glands are found within the thyroid gland.
The gland responsible for the calorigenic effect is the?
Thyroid Gland
