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pituitary gland
endocrine gland at the base of the brain. Referred to as the “master gland” because it monitors and regulates many bodily functions through the hormones that it produces, including growth and sexual/reproductive development and function.
Details
- Instance of
- gland type, class of anatomical entity
- Subclass of
- endocrine gland, lobular organ, particular anatomical entity
- Follows
- ectoderm, Rathke's pouch
- arterial supply
- Superior hypophysial artery, inferior hypophysial artery
- described by source
- Gray's Anatomy (20th edition), Larousse Encyclopedia online, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6
- development of anatomical structure
- pituitary gland development
- topic's main category
- Category:Pituitary gland
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