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Definition of Pituitary body
1. Noun. The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.
Generic synonyms: Ductless Gland, Endocrine, Endocrine Gland
Terms within: Hypophyseal Stalk, Adenohypophysis, Anterior Pituitary, Anterior Pituitary Gland, Neurohypophysis, Pars Nervosa, Posterior Pituitary, Posterior Pituitary Gland
Group relationships: Betweenbrain, Diencephalon, Interbrain, Thalmencephalon
Derivative terms: Hypophyseal, Hypophysial, Pituitary
Definition of Pituitary body
1. Noun. The controlling gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pituitary Body
Literary usage of Pituitary body
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"This process covers in the pituitary fossa, enclosing the pituitary body, ...
The pituitary body is very vascular, and consists of two lobes, separated from ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"It seemed to him further that the assumption that the pituitary body has different
... The pituitary body is a constant and fundamental structure in all ..."
3. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"The organs found active were the pituitary body, the corpus luteum, ... The pituitary
body is by far the most active; the substance responsible is in the ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"pituitary body.—The exact nature of the dependence of acromegaly upon disturbance
of the pituitary body is still undetermined. Benda and Tamburini consider ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"85, »'), to the extremity of which is fixed the pituitary body. ... The pituitary
body has a special prolongation of the dura mater completely enclosing it, ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The Physiological Effects of Extracts of the pituitary body.1 By Professor EA
SCHAFER and SWALE VINCENT. 2. The pressor substance produces ..."
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