💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Anterior pituitary"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anterior pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| adenohypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction. |
| antehypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
| posthypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary body |
| pituitarynoun | (anatomy) The pituitary gland. |
| hypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The pituitary gland. |
| pro-adenohypophysisnoun | Alternative form of proadenohypophysis. [Synonym of rostral pars distalis.] |
| proadenohypophysisnoun | Synonym of rostral pars distalis. |
| adenohypophysectomynoun | The surgical removal of the adenohypophysis. |
| pars distalisnoun | (anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells. |
| pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation. |
| nasopharyngeal tonsilnoun | (anatomy) Synonym of adenoid. |
| pharyngeal tonsilnoun | (anatomy) Synonym of adenoid. |
| pars tuberalisnoun | (anatomy) Part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath. |
| master glandnoun | (informal, biology) The pituitary gland. |
| suprarenal glandnoun | (anatomy) The adrenal gland, which is located just above the kidney in humans. |
| tuber cinereumnoun | (anatomy, neuroanatomy) The part of the hypothalamus to which the pituitary gland is attached |
| hypophysectomynoun | (surgery) The surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). |
| anterior cingulate cortexnoun | (neuroanatomy) The frontal part of the cingulate cortex. |
| parathyroidnoun | A parathyroid gland. |
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