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2-Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands
2-Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands
Innervation
Nerves related
Development & congenital anomalies
• The largest gland in the body, It usually
weighs 25 g.
Unilateral Bilateral
Blood supply
lymphatic drainage
Innervation
Development
• Small, yellowish-brown, oval shaped,
usually lying between the posterior
lobar borders of the thyroid gland and
its capsule.