Preferred Name |
pituitary gland |
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Synonyms |
urophysis pituitary transplantation |
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Definitions |
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. |
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ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2335-0113 |
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altLabel |
urophysis lactotroph pituitary stalk section hypophysis urohypophysis pars intermedia pituitary transplantation |
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cui |
C0599137 C0599136 C0032005 C0599138 C0599139 C0229531 C1517714 |
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definition |
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. |
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DID |
2335-0113 |
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Inverse of RB | ||
Inverse of RN | ||
notation |
2335-0113 |
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prefLabel |
pituitary gland |
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tui |
T025 T023 T061 |
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subClassOf |