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Pituitary   Listen
adjective
Pituitary  adj.  (Anat.)
(a)
Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa.
Pituitary body or Pituitary gland (Anat.), a a small, somewhat cherry-shaped endocrine gland, situated in the pituitary fossa, and suspended from the base of the hypothalamus; the hypophysis; called also glandula pituitaria, and basilaris. It secretes th pituitary hormones: oxytocin; vasopresin; antidiuretic hormone; luteinizing hormone; somatotropins; prolactin; thyroid stimulating hormone; gonadotropins; adrenal corticotropin and other peptide hormones. It affects all hormonal functions, and is thus called the "master gland".
Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium.






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Words linked to "Pituitary" :   ductless gland, pituitary dwarf, posterior pituitary gland, pituitary body, thalmencephalon, neurohypophysis, anterior pituitary, interbrain, pituitary gland, endocrine, hypophysis, diencephalon, posterior pituitary



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