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Abstract
A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.
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27 entry terms
- Hypophysis
- Hypophysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Hypophysis
- Cerebrus, Hypophysis
- Gland, Pituitary
- Glands, Pituitary
- Hypophyses
- Hypophysis Cerebrus
- Pituitary Glands
- Hypophyseal Infundibulum
- Hypophyseal Stalk
- Hypothalamus, Infundibular
- Infundibular Stalk
- Infundibular Stem
- Infundibulum
- Infundibulum (Hypophysis)
- Infundibulum, Hypophyseal
- Pituitary Stalk
- Hypophyseal Stalks
- Infundibular Hypothalamus
- Infundibular Stalks
- Infundibulums
- Pituitary Stalks
- Stalk, Hypophyseal
- Stalk, Infundibular
- Stalks, Hypophyseal
- Stalks, Infundibular
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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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general or unspecified: prefer specific lobes; /rad eff: consider also PITUITARY IRRADIATION; /surg: probably HYPOPHYSECTOMY; consider also PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM & HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pituitary Gland. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010902. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010902
- Pituitary Gland. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_gland
- Pituitary Gland. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156871