The pineal gland. It is an incredibly small endocrine ... To date, there are 79 generally recognized organs in the human body, both internal and external. This is not a question with a direct ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have identified a previously unknown organ in the human body — a new ...

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

The human body has two types of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine. While eccrine glands produce a watery, odourless sweat to regulate body temperature, apocrine glands—found mainly in the ...

A single gene controls earwax and body odor, shaping one’s unique scent through microbes. In 2006, scientists identified the culprit: the ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 11 ( ABCC11) gene. 1 A ...