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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal parathyroid gland morphology
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Accession:MP:0000678 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of one of the two small, paired endocrine glands, usually found embedded in the connective tissue capsule on the posterior surface of the thyroid gland; they secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH) that regulates calcium and phosphorous metabolism
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal parathyroid glands;   parathyroid gland dysplasia
 alt_id: MP:0001735



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  mammalian phenotype 5419
    endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype 394
      abnormal gland morphology 333
        abnormal endocrine gland morphology 143
          abnormal parathyroid gland morphology 0
            abnormal parathyroid gland capsule morphology 0
            abnormal parathyroid gland chief cell morphology 0
            abnormal parathyroid gland development 0
            absent parathyroid glands 0
            ectopic parathyroid gland 0
            enlarged parathyroid gland + 0
            pigmented parathyroid gland 0
            small parathyroid gland + 0
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