pituitary gland

Preferred Label : pituitary gland;

Uberon definition : The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland that secretes hormones that regulate many other glands [GO]. An endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non neuroectodermal origin [ZFIN].;

Uberon synonym : pituitary body; pituitary;

Uberon related term : hypophysis cerebri; hypophysis;

Uberon broad term : Hp;

Uberon Homology note : It (the hypophysis) develops embryonically in all vertebrates from two ectodermal evaginations that meet and unite. (...) A well-developed hypophyseal system with functional connections to the hypothalamus is unique to craniates.[well established][VHOG];

Uberon Taxon note : The lamprey possesses a distinct pituitary organ and hormones, the ascidian does not show distinct evidence of them [Sower S, Freamat M, Kavanaugh S. The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: new insights from lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2009;161:20-9];

Details

Origin ID

0000007;

UMLS CUI

C0032005;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- DLC1 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Entire pituitary gland (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- HP Gene [NCIt concept]
- HPR wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Haptoglobin [NCIt concept]
- Haptoglobin [OMIM gene]
- Hyperplastic Polyp [NCIt concept]
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis [ORDO Disease]
- Pancreatitis, hereditary [OMIM Phenotype]
- Pituitary gland [ICD-O code]
- Pituitary gland [ICD-11 Extension code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Pituitary [LOINC component]
- Pituitary Gland [NCIt concept]
- Pituitary gland [FMA entity]
- Pituitary structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pituitary gland [ICF N3 Element]
- pituitary gland [MeSH Descriptor]
- pituitary gland [MeSH concept]
- pituitary gland [Radlex concept]
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 [ICF N3 Element]
- pituitary gland [MeSH concept]
- pituitary gland [MeSH Descriptor]
- pituitary gland, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire pituitary gland (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pituitary Gland [NCIt concept]
- Pituitary gland [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- diencephalon [UBERON concept]
develops from
- future pituitary gland [UBERON concept]
has part
- adenohypophysis [UBERON concept]
- lateral eminence of hypophysis [UBERON concept]
- neurohypophysis [UBERON concept]
immediate transformation of
- future pituitary gland [UBERON concept]

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