Preferred Name |
pituitary gland |
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Synonyms |
glandula pituitaria pituitary body pituitary Hp hypophysis cerebri hypophysis |
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Definitions |
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] 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]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000007 |
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comment |
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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capable of part of | ||
contributes to morphology of | ||
database_cross_reference |
MESH:D010902 VHOG:0000143 Wikipedia:Pituitary_gland NCIT:C12399 BTO:0001073 CALOHA:TS-0798 neuronames:399 TAO:0000118 EMAPA:35998 BIRNLEX:1353 UMLS:C0032005 AAO:0010536 BM:Die-Hy-HY MAT:0000077 MIAA:0000077 EHDAA2:0001471 EFO:0000857 SCTID:181125003 ZFA:0000118 XAO:0000017 BAMS:PIT BAMS:Pit DHBA:10505 EHDAA:2183 EHDAA:4477 EV:0100132 FMA:13889 GAID:457 HBA:4634 MA:0000176 |
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definition |
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]. |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Gray1180.png |
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has part |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002198 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002196 |
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has_broad_synonym |
Hp |
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has_exact_synonym |
glandula pituitaria pituitary body pituitary |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
hypophysis cerebri hypophysis |
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id |
UBERON:0000007 |
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immediate transformation of | ||
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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label |
pituitary gland |
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notation |
UBERON:0000007 |
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only in taxon | ||
prefLabel |
pituitary gland |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003296 |