pituitary gland

Term ID

UBERON:0000007

Synonyms

• glandula pituitaria
• Hp
• hypophysis
• hypophysis cerebri
• pituitary
• pituitary body

Definition

The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland that secretes hormones that regulate many other glands [GO]. An endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non neuroectodermal origin [ZFIN]. (2)

References

• AAO:0010536
• BAMS:PIT
• BAMS:Pit
• BM:Die-Hy-HY
• BTO:0001073
• CALOHA:TS-0798
• DHBA:10505
• EFO:0000857
• EHDAA2:0001471
• EHDAA:2183
• EHDAA:4477
• EMAPA:35998
• EV:0100132
• GAID:457
• HBA:4634
• MA:0000176
• MAT:0000077
• MESH:D010902
• MIAA:0000077
• NCIT:C12399
• OpenCyc:Mx4rv6NQYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• Pituitary:gland
• TAO:0000118
• UMLS:C0032005
• VHOG:0000143
• XAO:0000017
• ZFA:0000118
• birnlex:1353
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=399
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0032005
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181125003

Ontology

Cell Ontology