Assertion: calcitonin | /r/Synonym | c-cells
Facets:
value: in humans
type: LOCATION
value: of the thyroid gland
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Calcitonin is a hormone produced by special cells in your thyroid gland called C-cells.
text: Calcitonin is a 32 amino acid peptide hormone secreted by parafollicular cells (also known as C cells) of the thyroid gland in humans, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body.
text: Calcitonin is a peptide hormone produced in the thyroid gland by parafollicular cells (also called C-cells).