parathyroids

“Sometimes the parathyroids readjust on their own.”

After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

In contrast, with the removal of the parathyroids, death follows fairly quickly and is preceded by severe muscular spasms.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

By the 1920*3, surgeons grew definitely cautious about slicing away at the thyroid and supremely careful about touching the parathyroids.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

If the diet is consistently low in calcium, so that there is a chronic danger of subnormal levels in the blood, the parathyroids are kept active and bone continues to be eroded away.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

Experiments on animals, which proved more sensitive to loss of the parathyroids than men were, showed that muscles tightened convulsively, a situation called tetany (tet'uh-nee; "stretch" G).

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

The parathyroids were first detected (in the rhinoceros, of all animals) in the middle igth century, and little attention was paid them for some decades.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

It is possible for the parathyroids to remain overactive even when the blood level is adequately high.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

Adjoining the thyroid there are four small glands, the parathyroids, each about the size of a split pea.

Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

Most of these glands are of very small size, none of them larger than a walnut, and some -- the parathyroids -- almost microscopic.

The Pivot of Civilization Margaret Sanger 1924

—Microscopically the parathyroids consist of intercommunicating columns of cells supported by connective tissue containing a rich supply of blood capillaries.

XI. Splanchnology. 4b. The Parathyroid Glands 1918