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pituitary gland

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The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland that secretes hormones that regulate many other glands [GO]. An endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non neuroectodermal origin [ZFIN]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_gland http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator ]

Synonyms: pituitary, glandula pituitaria, pituitary body

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:13889
  • MAT:0000077
  • BAMS:Pit
  • UMLS:C0032005 (ncithesaurus:Pituitary_Gland)
  • XAO:0000017
  • EHDAA:4477
  • EMAPA:35998
  • neuronames:399 (BIRNLEX:1353)
  • VHOG:0000143
  • HBA:4634
  • MA:0000176
  • NCIT:C12399
  • EHDAA2:0001471
  • CALOHA:TS-0798
  • GAID:457
  • EFO:0000857
  • BIRNLEX:1353
  • AAO:0010536
  • EHDAA:2183
  • SCTID:181125003
  • EV:0100132
  • BAMS:PIT
  • TAO:0000118
  • ZFA:0000118
  • MESH:D010902
  • BM:Die-Hy-HY
  • DHBA:10505
  • BTO:0001073
  • MIAA:0000077
  • UMLS:C0032005 (BIRNLEX:1353)
  • Wikipedia:Pituitary_gland
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uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim

UBPROP 0000001

An endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non neuroectodermal origin.[TAO], An endocrine gland derived from infundibulum of the floor of the diencephalon and an ectodermal dorsal protrusion from the buccal cavity which controls the secretion of many hormones influencing the function of various organs of the body.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

It (the hypophysis) develops embryonically in all vertebrates from two ectodermal evaginations that meet and unite. (...) A well-developed hypophyseal system with functional connections to the hypothalamus is unique to craniates.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000008

The lamprey possesses a distinct pituitary organ and hormones, the ascidian does not show distinct evidence of them [Sower S, Freamat M, Kavanaugh S. The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: new insights from lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2009;161:20-9]

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Terminology note: hypophysis and pituitary gland are often used informally as synonyms, but the hypophysis also includes the small infundibular or pituitary stalk[Neumann 2020]

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has related synonym

hypophysis cerebri, hypophysis

id

UBERON:0000007

prefLabel

Pituitary gland