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Course: How does the human body work? - Class 11 > Unit 7
Lesson 3: Thyroid, parathyroid, and thymusParathyroid hormone & calcitonin
Let's explore how the PTH (Parathyroid hormone) released by the parathyroid gland works together with calcitonin - a hormone released by the thyroid gland to regulate your calcium levels.
00:00 What does PTH do?
00:57 How PTH works
3:05 What does calcitonin do?
3:55 How calcitonin works
5:00 Summary. Created by Mahesh Shenoy.