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Pituitary Anatomy

Aka: Pituitary Anatomy, Pituitary Gland
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  1. See Also
    1. Neuroanatomy
    2. Intracranial Anatomy
  2. Anatomy: Images
    1. neuroPituitaryGrayBB721.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    2. neuroPituitaryGrayBB1180.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    3. neuroPituitaryGrayBB1181.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)

Pituitary Gland (C0032005)

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)


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