Terminologies: OrganSystemStructure library
Related schema specification: OrganSystemStructure
adenohypophysis
metadata sheet
- @context:
@vocab: <https://openminds.om-i.org/props/>
- @id:
https://openminds.om-i.org/instances/organSystemStructure/adenohypophysis
- @type:
- definition:
Is part of the pituitary gland. [auto-generated from ‘relationship’ property of the [UBERON ontology term](http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002196)]
- description:
The glandular, anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The anterior pituitary regulates several physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction. The anterior lobe of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). This lobe contains cells that produce prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and proopiomelanocortin. [definition of the [UBERON ontology term](http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002196)]
- name:
adenohypophysis
- otherOntologyIdentifier:
- preferredCrossReference:
https://knowledge-space.org/wiki/UBERON:0002196#adenohypophysis-1
- preferredOntologyIdentifier:
- synonym:
anterior hypophysis, anterior lobe (hypophysis), anterior lobe of hypophysis, anterior lobe of pituitary, anterior lobe of pituitary gland, anterior pituitary, lobus anterior (glandula pituitaria), lobus anterior hypophysis, pituitary gland, anterior lobe