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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pineal Gland
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Pineal Gland
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Pineal Gland
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Epithalamus > Pineal Gland
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Epithalamus > Pineal Gland

Preferred term

Pineal Gland  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Corpus Pineale
  • Epiphysis Cerebri
  • Pineal Bodies
  • Pineal Body

Note

  • neoplasms: coordinate PINEAL GLAND (IM) with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM) + histological type of neoplasm (IM); consider PINEALOMA

Scope note

  • A light-sensitive neuroendocrine organ attached to the roof of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. The pineal gland secretes MELATONIN, other BIOGENIC AMINES and NEUROPEPTIDES.

In other languages

  • käpyrauhanen

    Finnish

  • corpus pineale
  • epifyysi
  • epiphysis cerebri
  • gl. pinealis
  • glandula pinealis
  • käpylisäke
  • pineaalirauhanen
  • Tallkottkörtel

    Swedish

  • Corpus pineale
  • Epifys
  • Hjärnbihang, övre

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010870

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