pituitary gland

Preferred Label : pituitary gland;

MeSH definition : A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.;

MeSH synonym : gland, pituitary; glands, pituitary; hypophysis; hypophyses; pituitary glands; Hypophysis Cerebri; Cerebri, Hypophysis; Cerebrus, Hypophysis; Hypophysis Cerebrus;

CISMeF synonym : hypophysial stalk; hypophysial stalks;

Related MeSH term : Pituitary Stalk; Pituitary Stalks; Infundibular Stalk; Infundibular Stalks; Stalk, Infundibular; Stalks, Infundibular; Infundibulum (Hypophysis); Hypophyseal Stalk; Hypophyseal Stalks; Stalk, Hypophyseal; Stalks, Hypophyseal; Hypophyseal Infundibulum; Infundibulum, Hypophyseal; Infundibulum; Infundibulums; Hypothalamus, Infundibular; Infundibular Hypothalamus; Infundibular Stem;

MeSH annotation : general or unspecified: prefer specific lobes; /rad eff: consider also PITUITARY IRRADIATION; /surg: probably HYPOPHYSECTOMY; consider also PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM & HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary gland;

Details

Origin ID

D010902;

UMLS CUI

C0032005;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Entire hypophysial stalk (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire pituitary gland (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hypophyseal stalk section (procedure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Hypophysitis [NCIt concept]
- Hypophysitis [ICD-11 More detail]
- Hypophysitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Hypophysitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Hypophysitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hypophysitis, CTCAE [NCIt concept]
- Infundibulum [NCIt concept]
- Malignant neoplasm of pituitary gland [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Malignant neoplasm of pituitary gland [ICD-11 More detail]
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pituitary gland [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Pars tuberalis of adenohypophysis [FMA entity]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Gland [PCS menu]
- Pituitary Stalk [NCIt concept]
- Pituitary gland [ICD-O code]
- Pituitary gland [ICHI extension code]
- Pituitary gland [ICHI target]
- Pituitary gland [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Pituitary gland [ICHI extension code]
- Procedure on pituitary gland (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Rat Pituitary Gland [NCIt concept]
- Structure of pituitary pars tuberalis (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- endocrine/metabolic/nutritional [ICPC-2 Chapter]
- hypophysitis [Radlex concept]
- infundibulum [Radlex concept]
- outflow part of right ventricle [UBERON concept]
- pituitary pars tuberalis [SNOMED Notion]
- pituitary stalk [UBERON concept]
- uterine tube infundibulum [UBERON concept]
Record concept(s)
- Pituitary Stalk [MeSH concept]
- pituitary gland [MeSH concept]
SNOMED CT : localisation
- acth-secreting pituitary adenoma [MeSH Descriptor]
- growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma [MeSH Descriptor]
See also
- hypophysectomy [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- pituitary diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
- pituitary function tests [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- hypophysitis [Disease (Nov.)]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pituitary [LOINC component]
- Pituitary [LOINC part]
- Pituitary Gland [NCIt concept]
- Pituitary gland [FMA entity]
- Pituitary structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pituitary gland [UBERON concept]
- pituitary gland [ICF N3 Element]
- pituitary gland, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Pituitary stalk structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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