ADRENAL MEDULLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenal medulla mean? 

• ADRENAL MEDULLA (noun)
  The noun ADRENAL MEDULLA has 1 sense:

1. the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine

  Familiarity information: ADRENAL MEDULLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADRENAL MEDULLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("adrenal medulla" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

medulla (the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal)

Holonyms ("adrenal medulla" is a part of...):

adrenal; adrenal gland; suprarenal gland (either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney)

 Context examples 

A benign neoplasm characterized by the presence of ganglion cells and spindle cell proliferation, located primarily in the brain, ganglia, or adrenal medulla.

(Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from the adrenal medulla.

(Adrenal Gland Composite Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Adrenocortical adenomas (about 20% in males and 40% in females over 18 months of age), and phaeochromocytomas or preneoplastic nodules in adrenal medulla (about 67% of males over 21 months of age) (Snell 1965).

(M520, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the adrenal medulla.

(Malignant Adrenal Medulla Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Nicotine acts as an agonist at the nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the autonomic ganglia, at neuromuscular junctions, and in the adrenal medulla and the brain.

(Nicotine, NCI Thesaurus)

It involves the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic nervous system.

(Neuroblastoma of the Adrenal Gland and Sympathetic Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)

Characteristically, they are located in the adrenal medulla and paraganglia of the sympathetic nervous system.

(Chromaffin cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cell line derived from a pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal medulla.

(PC-12, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It consists of the outer adrenal cortex and the inner adrenal medulla.

(Adrenal Gland Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

It arises from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.

(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)