adrenal cortex
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001235
The thick outer layer of the adrenal gland that produces and secretes steroid hormones such as corticosterone, estrone and aldosterone. [ MP:0008288 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: adrenal gland cortex, suprarenal cortex, cortex of suprarenal gland, cortex of adrenal gland, cortex (glandula suprarenalis)
Term info
- UMLS:C0001613 (ncithesaurus:Adrenal_Cortex)
- MESH:D000302
- Wikipedia:Adrenal_cortex
- NCIT:C12396
- VHOG:0001481
- MAT:0000494
- XAO:0000165
- EMAPA:18427
- BTO:0000045
- MA:0000118
- FMA:15632
- SCTID:362584002
- CALOHA:TS-0015
- AAO:0011009
- GAID:447
- EFO:0000237
- EV:0100136
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues (medulla), but they are scattered in and near the kidneys in fishes. (...) The cortical and chromaffin tissues come together to form adrenal glands in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG]
Kardong states that mammals are the first to have distinct cortext and medulla, but this contradicts XAO
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suprarenal, cortex glandulae suprarenalis
uberon
UBERON:0001235
Adrenal cortex
Term relations
- cortex
- neural crest-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some adrenal gland
- contributes to morphology of some adrenal gland
- capable of some glucocorticoid biosynthetic process
- capable of some mineralocorticoid biosynthetic process
- capable of some aldosterone secretion