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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate

Preferred term

Pituitary Gland, Intermediate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary
  • Pars Intermedia of Pituitary
  • Pars Intermedia, Pituitary
  • Pituitary Intermediate Lobe
  • Pituitary Pars Intermedia

Note

  • diseases: coordinate IM with PITUITARY DISEASES (IM) or specifics (IM)

Scope note

  • The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).

History note

  • 2007

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052716

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