gland

• Thyroid Gland


  Uses iodine from food to make two thyroid hormones that regulate the way the body uses energy
• Parathyroid Gland


  Produce a substance called the parathyroid hormone that helps control the amount of calcium in the blood.
• Parathyroid Gland


  4 tiny glands located behind the thyroid gland
• Thyroid

  • Thyroid hormones
  • Calcitonin
• Parathyroid

  • Parathyroid Hormone
• Thyroid hormones


  Cell metabolism, neural development
• Calcitonin


  Lowers blood calcium level and incorporates calcium into bone
• Parathyroid Hormone


  Release of calcium from bone and absorption of calcium by gut and kidney
• 2 Glands

  A) thyroid gland

  B) parathyroid glands