Talk:Parathyroid gland

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Who discovered these glands?

Yeah, good question. My professor of surgery taught us it was first discovered in a rhinoceros at the London Zoo, and subsequently identified in humans. Sounds like an urban legend... Please let us know when you find out. JFW | T@lk 19:44, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ivar Sandstrom, a swedish medical student, discovered the parathyroid glands in 1880. I'll add with reference.GetAgrippa 13:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Embryology section

I added neural crest contribution to induction of parathyroid.GetAgrippa 13:02, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

This section needs just a mention to evodevo and present evolution there. The article states: "A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences linked a regulatory gene to the formation of both the parathyroid glands in terrestrial vertebrates and gills in fish. Furthermore, two genes involved in calcium ion regulation were identified to be active in both structures. Thus both structures are thought to be homologous; 2006 (UTC)

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