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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Adrenal Glands

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Adrenal Glands  

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  • /surg = probably ADRENALECTOMY; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: coord HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM + PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; hyperplasia = ADRENAL GLANDS /pathol (IM) + HYPERPLASIA (NIM); congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) = ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL

Scope note

  • A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine tissues with separate embryonic origins, the ADRENAL CORTEX producing STEROIDS and the ADRENAL MEDULLA producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.

In other languages

  • lisämunuaiset

    Finnish

  • gl. adrenalis
  • gl. suprarenalis
  • glandula adrenalis
  • glandula suprarenalis
  • lisämunuainen
  • Binjurar

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000311

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