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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pituitary-Adrenal System

Preferred term

Pituitary-Adrenal System  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: coord HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM + PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM

Scope note

  • The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary.

History note

  • 68(66); was in Cat G only 1966-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010913

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