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  1 General overview ................................................................................... 522

  2 Diffuse neuroendocrine system (DNES) and paraganglia ..................... 522 

  3 Hypophysis / pituitary gland – Hypophysis / glandula pituitaria ........... 523

 4 Pineal gland – Glandula pinealis / corpus pineale ................................. 524 

  5 Endocrine component of the pancreas – pancreatic islets ................... 524

  6 Thyroid and parathyroid gland 

    – Glandula thyroidea et glandulae parathyroideae ................................ 525

  7 Suprarenal/adrenal glands – Glandula suprarenalis .............................. 526 

  8 Summary of the endocrine glands and their hormones ....................... 527

  9 Review questions and figures ................................................................ 527

10 Acknowledgements and references ...................................................... 528