| pituitary membrane | The mucous membrane lining the nasal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| pituitary myxoedema | Myxoedema resulting from inadequate secretion of the thyrotropic hormone; commonly occurs in association with inadequate secretion of other anterior pituitary hormones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pituitary stalk section | Transection of the neurovascular connection between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior pituitary | The cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe obtained from the pituitary body of domestic animals used for food by humans; an oxytocic, vasoconstrictor, antidiuretic, and a stimulant of intestinal motility. Synonym: desiccated pituitary, hypophysis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome | <syndrome> Hypopituitarism arising from a severe circulatory collapse postpartum, with resultant pituitary necrosis. Synonym: postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome, thyrohypophysial syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cushing's pituitary basophilism | <disease> An increased concentration of glucocorticoid hormone in the bloodstream (produced by the adrenal gland) secondary to a pituitary tumour that is secreting the hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH serves to stimulate the adrenal gland to produce excess glucocorticoids. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hyaline bodies of pituitary | Accumulations of a gelatinous neurosecretory substance in the axons of the hypothalamohypophyseal tract in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desiccated pituitary | The cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe obtained from the pituitary body of domestic animals used for food by humans; an oxytocic, vasoconstrictor, antidiuretic, and a stimulant of intestinal motility. Synonym: desiccated pituitary, hypophysis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dwarfism, pituitary | A form of dwarfism due to absence or hypofunction of the anterior pituitary gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enlarged pituitary infundibulum | <radiology> Histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease, sarcoidosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior lobe of hypophysis | An alternate term for adenohypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of caudate lobe | Origin, left branch of proper hepatic; distribution, caudate lobe of the liver. Synonym: arteria lobi caudati. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azygos lobe of lung | A small accessory lobe sometimes found on the apex of the right lung; separated from the rest of the upper lobe by a deep groove lodging the azygos vein. Synonym: lobus azygos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azygos pseudo-lobe | <radiology> Not a true lobe, does not have separate broncus or vasculature, due to invagination of azygos vein into RUL, no clinical significance (12 Dec 1998) |