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The endocrine glands can be found throughout your body. It can be found near your genital area (testes and ovaries), your throat (thyroid and parathyroid), your brain (neurohypophysis, adenohypophysis, pineal gland, hypothalamus), your chest (thymus), and even your abdomen (pancreas, adrenal glands).

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