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Pituitary Anatomy
Aka: Pituitary Anatomy, Pituitary Gland- See Also
- Anatomy: Images
Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
Lewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
Pituitary Gland (C0032005) |
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| Definition (NCI) | Pea-sized endocrine gland located at the base of the brain in the pituitary fossa. It produces and secretes hormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin, to regulate the activities of the hypothalamus. |
| Definition (NCI) | The main endocrine gland. It produces hormones that control other glands and many body functions, especially growth. |
| Definition (CSP) | epithelial body located at the base of the brain in the sella turcica, attached by a stalk to the hypothalamus from which it receives important neural and vascular outflow; it consists of the anterior lobe, or adenohypophysis, which secretes most of the hormones, the posterior lobe or neurohypophysis, which stores and releases neurohormones that it receives from the hypothalamus, and an intermediate lobe. |
| Definition (MSH) | A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D010902 |
| SnomedCT | 56329008 |
| English | Gland, Pituitary, Glands, Pituitary, Hypophyses, Hypophysis, Pituitary Gland, Pituitary Glands, HYPOPHYSIS, PITUITARY GLAND, Pituitary gland, NOS, pituitary gland, Hypophyseal, hypophysis, Pituitary, B1 PITUITARY GLAND, Glandula pituitaria, Hypophysis cerebri, glandula pituitaria, hypophyseal, pituitary glands, pituitary, Pituitary gland, Pituitary structure, Pituitary structure (body structure), Pituitary, NOS, Hypophysis Cerebri, Nervous System, Pituitary |
| Swedish | Hypofys |
| Czech | hypofýza, podvěsek mozkový |
| Portuguese | Pedúnculo Pituitário, Pedúnculo Hipofisário, Glândula Pituitária, Hipófise |
| Finnish | Aivolisäke |
| German | Hirnanhangdrüse, Hypophyse, Hypophysis |
| Russian | PITUITARNAIA ZHELEZA, GIPOFIZ, PRIDATOK MOZGA, ГИПОФИЗ, ПИТУИТАРНАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗА, ПРИДАТОК МОЗГА |
| Japanese | 脳下垂体, 下垂体茎, 下垂体, 下垂体柄 |
| Italian | Ghiandola pituitaria, Ipofisi |
| Croatian | HIPOFIZA |
| Latvian | Hipofīze, Hipofīzes dziedzeris |
| Polish | Przysadka |
| Spanish | estructura de la glándula hipófisis (estructura corporal), estructura de la glándula hipófisis, glándula pituitaria, hipófisis, Glandula Pituitaria, Hipofisis, Hipófisis, Glándula Pituitaria |
| French | Glande pituitaire, Hypophyse |
| Dutch | Glandula pituitaria, Hypofyse, Hypophysis cerebri |
| Sources |
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |