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adrenal gland

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Either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine[BTO]. [ BTO:0000047 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_gland ]

Synonyms: glandula suprarenalis, glandula adrenalis

Term info

database cross reference
  • EFO:0000238
  • BTO:0000047
  • FMA:9604
  • GAID:446
  • Wikipedia:Adrenal_gland
  • MIAA:0000071
  • XAO:0000164
  • VHOG:0001141
  • MAT:0000071
  • MA:0000116
  • CALOHA:TS-0016
  • EV:0100135
  • EMAPA:18426
  • galen:AdrenalGland
  • AAO:0010551
  • NCIT:C12666
  • MESH:D000311
  • SCTID:181127006
  • UMLS:C0001625 (ncithesaurus:Adrenal_Gland)
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim

UBPROP 0000001

Anatomical structure which is found on the surface of the kidney and secretes various hormones including epinephrine, norephinephrine, aldosterone, corticosterone, and cortisol.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues, 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]

UBPROP 0000008

The origin of the adrenal gland is still controversial. It is thought to share the same origin as the kidney and gonads, derived from coelomic epithelium of the urogenital ridge and/or the underlying mesenchyme (Keegan and Hammer, 2002; Morohashi, 1997). We follow Kardong and state homology at the level of the cortex and medulla rather than gland as a whole

UBPROP 0000009

suprarenal cortex manufactures corticosteroids; suprarenal medulla manufactures epinephrine and norepinephrine; suprarenal medulla receives preganglionic sympathetic innervation from the greater thoracic splanchnic n.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Illu_endocrine_system.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Illu_endocrine_system_New.png

has related synonym

glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal capsule, interrenal gland, adrenal capsule, epinephric gland, adrenal, atrabiliary capsule, adrenal medulla cell, epinephros, suprarenal gland

id

UBERON:0002369

prefLabel

Adrenal gland