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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.
Term:pituitary gland
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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].
Comment:Terminology note: hypophysis and pituitary gland are often used informally as synonyms, but the hypophysis also includes the small infundibular or pituitary stalk[Neumann 2020]; [homology-note] "It (the hypophysis) develops embryonically in all vertebrates from two ectodermal evaginations that meet and unite. (...) A well-developed hypophyseal system with functional connections to the hypothalamus is unique to craniates.[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000143", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.510", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}; [taxon-note] "The lamprey possesses a distinct pituitary organ and hormones, the ascidian does not show distinct evidence of them [Sower S, Freamat M, Kavanaugh S. The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: new insights from lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2009;161:20-9]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: pituitary;   pituitary body
 broad_synonym: Hp
 related_synonym: glandula pituitaria;   hypophysis;   hypophysis cerebri
 xref: AAO:0010536;   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;   FMA:13889;   GAID:457;   HBA:4634;   MA:0000176;   MAT:0000077;   MESH:D010902;   MIAA:0000077;   NCI:C12399;   SCTID:181125003;   TAO:0000118;   UMLS:C0032005;   VHOG:0000143;   Wikipedia:Pituitary_gland;   XAO:0000017;   ZFA:0000118;   birnlex:1353;   neuronames:399

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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          structure with developmental contribution from neural crest 0
            pituitary gland 0
              adenohypophysis + 0
              hypophyseal vein 0
              lateral eminence of hypophysis 0
              neurohypophysis + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  neural keel 0
                                    neural rod 0
                                      neural tube 0
                                        anterior neural tube 0
                                          forebrain 0
                                            diencephalon 0
                                              gland of diencephalon 0
                                                pituitary gland 0
                                                  adenohypophysis + 0
                                                  hypophyseal vein 0
                                                  lateral eminence of hypophysis 0
                                                  neurohypophysis + 0
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