Espiral AtlasInferior parathyroid gland
glandula parathyroidea inferior
On the posterior and medial surface of each lobe of the thyroid, outside the fibrous capsule and within the perithyroid sheath, a little more than 1 cm below the entry of the inferior thyroid artery, near the lower pole; it is more variable than the superior.
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- Structure
- Neighborhood
- Blood supply
- Clinical
Related clinical cases
- Thyroidectomy and the recurrent laryngeal nerves
- Accidental removal of the parathyroids