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Abstract
The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).
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- Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary
- Pars Intermedia of Pituitary
- Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
- Pituitary Pars Intermedia
- Intermediate Pituitary Glands
- Pars Intermedia, Pituitary
- Pituitary Intermediate Lobe
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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diseases: coordinate IM with PITUITARY DISEASES (IM) or specifics (IM)
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History Note
2007
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Previous Indexing
- Pituitary Gland (1965-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Intermediate Pituitary Gland. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052716. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052716
- Intermediate Pituitary Gland. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70079512