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Location Function Hormone Produced Parathyroid Gland Neck Thyroid

Front What is the location, function, and hormone produced in the parathyroid?
Back For this gland:
Location: Neck (behind and beside the thyroid) (three to five glands)
Function: Regulates serum calcium.
Hormones produced: Parathyroid hormone.

Tags: 5, anatomy

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