| Value |
4
glands
Range: 1-12 glands
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES, Karhausen LR, Howells GP, Tipton IH. Report of the Task Group on Reference Man. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press, 1975. International commission on radiological protection, ICRP Publication 23, link p.201 top sentence |
| Primary Source |
[24] Anson, Barry J. (editor), Morris" Human Anatomy 12th edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1966. pp. 1550-1 |
| Comments |
P.201 top sentence: "The average number of parathyroid glands is four, but the range is from 1-12 (primary source, pp. 1550-1)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110322 |