18. At higher power, the marked difference in histological architecture between the thyroid gland and the parathyroid is obvious. Again, the thyroid tissue is characterized by colloid-filled follicles, while the parathyroid is represented by a dense, and, at this magnification, seemingly homogeneous population of endocrine cells, seen to better effect in the next image.

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