ANTERIOR PITUITARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anterior pituitary mean? 

• ANTERIOR PITUITARY (noun)
  The noun ANTERIOR PITUITARY has 1 sense:

1. the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

  Familiarity information: ANTERIOR PITUITARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTERIOR PITUITARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adenohypophysis; anterior pituitary; anterior pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("anterior pituitary" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "anterior pituitary"):

pars anterior; pars distilis (the anterior part of the anterior pituitary)

Holonyms ("anterior pituitary" is a part of...):

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)

 Context examples 

A cell of the anterior pituitary that produces and secretes prolactin.

(Lactotroph Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A luteinizing hormone secreting cell found in the anterior pituitary gland.

(LH Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Ozarelix competitively binds to and blocks the gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor in the anterior pituitary gland, thereby inhibiting the secretion and release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).

(Ozarelix, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibins are peptide hormones, secreted by the follicular cells of the ovary and by the testis, that negatively regulate the synthesis and secretion of follicle stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.

(Inhibin, NCI Thesaurus)

Releasing and inhibiting hormones secreted by the neurosecretory neurons of the hypothalamus binding to the receptors of the anterior pituitary cells and modulating the release of hormones the pituitary secretes.

(Hypothalamic Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

The blood vessel that drains blood from the capillary beds between the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary.

(Hypophyseal Portal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of diminution or cessation of secretion of one or more hormones from the anterior pituitary gland.

(Hypopituitarism, NCI Thesaurus)

Insufficient production of all the anterior pituitary hormones.

(Panhypopituitarism, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of dwarfism due to deficient release of GROWTH HORMONE which may result from dysfunction of the hypothalamus or anterior pituitary gland.

(Pituitary Dwarfism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A benign tumor of the anterior pituitary in which the cells do not stain with acidic or basic dyes.

(Pituitary Gland Chromophobe Adenoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)