Parathyroid Gland (Definition) There are four pea sized parathyroid glands located behind your thyroid gland, two on each side. These glands secrete a hormone which is resonsible for your calcium balance. These glands can enlarge to secrete too much hormone causing symptoms and sometimes requiring surgical intervention.
Anosmia (/aenËÉzmiÉ/) Ã¦nËÉzmiÉ is the inability to perceive odor or a lack of functioning âolfaction the loss of the sense of. smell
Ischemia (is-KE' me-ah) is a condition that occurs when blood flow and oxygen are kept from a particular part of the body. Cardiac ischemia is the name for this condition when the heart is the body part targeted.