💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suprarenal gland"
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| Word | Definition |
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| adrenal glandnoun | (anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism. |
| adrenalnoun | Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom. |
| adrenal arterynoun | (physiology) An artery in the human abdomen that supplies blood to the adrenal glands. |
| adrenal cortexnoun | (anatomy) The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis. |
| anterior pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| anterior pituitarynoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| renal arterynoun | (anatomy) Either of two branches of the abdominal aorta of which each supplies one of the kidneys. |
| renal cortexnoun | (anatomy) The outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules. |
| pituitarynoun | (anatomy) The pituitary gland. |
| adrenalectomynoun | (surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands. |
| supramaxillarynoun | (anatomy) The superior maxillary, or upper jawbone. |
| nephrosnoun | (anatomy) A kidney-like organ. |
| master glandnoun | (informal, biology) The pituitary gland. |
| antehypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
| metanephrosnoun | (anatomy) The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates. |
| 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. |
| supramaxillanoun | (anatomy, now, especially of animals, like fish) The upper jaw |
| renal anglenoun | (anatomy) An area located on either side of the human back between the lateral borders of the erector spinae muscles and inferior borders of the twelfth rib, so called because the kidney can be felt at this location. |
| prostatenoun | The prostate gland. |
| submaxillary glandnoun | (anatomy) Synonym of submandibular gland. |
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