Sentence examples for small gland from inspiring English sources

The thyroid, a small gland at the base of the throat, collects iodine.

Most mimickers have small gland architecture and include atrophy, post-atrophic hyperplasia and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia.

The ads promote a quick physical exam, called palpation, in which doctors feel for unusual lumps in the thyroid, a small gland in the front of the neck.

The four major patterns are small gland, large gland, fused gland and solid nests and single cells.

An MRI showed that her pituitary gland — a small gland in the brain that secretes hormones — was extremely large because her own immune cells were attacking it.

Throughout the young larval stages a small gland behind the brain, called the corpus allatum, secretes juvenile hormone (also known as neotenin).

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Parathyroid hormone is produced by the parathyroid glands, four small glands located behind the thyroid gland in the neck.

Ear wax is formed by small glands under the skin of the outer part of the ear canal.

Lizards and snakes have small glands that are related to the sloughing cycle, and all groups of reptiles appear to communicate by scent glands.

Mucus is produced by mucous cells, which are frequently clustered into small glands located on the mucous membrane that lines virtually the entire digestive tract.