Pituitary - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: pituitaryPituitary
Secreting mucus or phlegm as the pituitary membrane or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities...
VerbarHypophysis
See Pituitary body under Pituitary...
corticotrophin
a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland it stimulates the adrenal cortex called also adrenocorticotropin and abbreviated ACTH...
Ephippium
A depression in the sphenoid bone the pituitary fossa...
gonadotropin
A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity...
Hormone
A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells thus pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body...
Hypophysial
Of or pertaining to the hypophysis pituitary...
VerbarInfundibulum
A funnel shaped or dilated organ or part as the infundibulum of the brain a hollow conical process connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body the infundibula of the lungs the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes...
LH
An abbreviation for luteinizing hormone a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the pituitary and stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals...
Pituitrin
A substance or extract from the pituitary body...
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