Parathyroid Gland

Figure 1. Parathyroid Gland - Normal in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The normal parathyroid is lightly encapsulated and located on the edge of the thyroid.

Figure 2. Parathyroid gland - Normal in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. This higher magnification of Figure 1 shows the nests and chords of polygonal cells separated by a delicate fibroreticular stroma in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study.

Figure 3. Parathyroid gland - Normal in a male B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Normal parathyroid located at the edge of the thyroid.
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