Pierre Lalouette

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Pierre Lalouette de Vernicourt (1711 - 1792) was a French anatomist. [1]

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Lalouette described a lobe present in around a third of the population's thyroids that would later be called the Lalouette's Pyramid. When asked about a possible function for the thyroid gland, Lalouette said that it "would intervene to modulate voice expression by the liquid it produces."

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  1. "De Vernicourt, Pierre Lalouette". Dictionary of Sydney.

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