Structure and Function

Gross Anatomy

The parathyroid glands have chief cells and oxyphil cells.

anatomic location of the parathyroid glands

Dictionary - Normal: Parathyroid gland - The Human Protein Atlas

The glands have a thin capsule of connective tissue.

Connective tissue divides the gland into lobules.

 

Chief Cells and Parathormone

 

 

Parathyroid Glands

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