pituitary gland
Also known as hypophysis
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.
AI overview
The pituitary gland is a small endocrine gland located at the base of your brain that produces hormones to control many of your body's functions. It's often called the "master gland" because it monitors and regulates important processes like growth and sexual and reproductive development.
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Research
82,946 papers- Arterial Supply to the Pituitary Gland: A Comprehensive Review.ReviewWorld neurosurgery · 2020Cironi KA, Decater T, Iwanaga J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.221
- [Ectopia of the pituitary].ReviewDer Pathologe · 2018Saeger WDOI: 10.1007/s00292-018-0473-3
- Surgery of the pituitary gland.ReviewCurrent problems in surgery · 1981Tindall GT, Tindall SCDOI: 10.1016/s0011-3840(81)80014-7
- POSTERIOR pituitary gland.Lancet (London, England) · 1952
- THE CYTOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND.
Article
The pituitary gland or hypophysis cerebri is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans, the pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain, protruding off the bottom of the hypothalamus. The pituitary gland and the hypothalamus control much of the body's endocrine system. It is seated in part of the sella turcica, a depression in the sphenoid bone, known as the hypophyseal fossa. The human pituitary gland is oval shaped, about 1 cm in diameter, 0.5–1 gram (0.018–0.035 oz) in weight on average, and about the size of a kidney bean.
There are two main lobes of the pituitary, an anterior lobe, and a posterior lobe joined and separated by a small intermediate lobe. The anterior lobe (adenohypophysis) is the glandular part that produces and secretes several hormones. The posterior lobe (neurohypophysis) secretes neurohypophysial hormones produced in the hypothalamus. Both lobes have different origins and they are both controlled by the hypothalamus.