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Usually four (or possibly 2 to 6) small round glands lying just behind the left and right thyroid lobes, usually two on each side. These glands produce the following hormone:

  • Parathormone raises blood calcium levels and helps control calcium metabolism.

We don't have amazing facts specific to the parathyroid glands. For facts on other glands check out our amazing facts page.


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