The major glands of the endocrine system include the pineal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, hypothalamus and adrenal glands. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are neuroendocrine organs.
A newspaper lead (or lede if you prefer) can do its job in one sentence, but with few exceptions, a paragraph will contain more than one sentence. The OWL site, aimed at college students, suggests a length of from three to five or more sentences.
Best Answer: Pick up a few books of different types. Count the number of words in a few paragraphs of each. Divide by number of paragraphs. You'll have a number. The number will be pretty meaningless, but you will have an approximate average number of words in a paragraph. Writers do not usually paragraph according to word count, though, but according to the logic of their argument.