pituitary's Usage Examples:

The groups of pituitary adenomas which fail to produce one or more hormones are called non-functioning pituitary adenomas.

The pituitary gland is invaded with a slow growing cancer called an adenoma.

The hormone ACTH is naturally produced by the body from the head hormone gland called the pituitary.

A petrosal: peripheral ratio of 2, indicating excess ACTH from the pituitary, is necessary to diagnose Cushing's disease with confidence.

The pituitary also produces ACTH and growth hormone, which have significant metabolic effects.

Less often, hypothyroidism develops when the pituitary gland fails and does not release enough thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which stimulates the thyroid to produce and secrete normal amounts of T4 and T3.

Acromegaly is a disorder in which the abnormal release of a particular chemical from the pituitary gland in the brain causes increased growth in bone and soft tissue, as well as a variety of other disturbances throughout the body.

Precocious Puberty Causes and Symptoms Puberty begins when the brain secretes a hormone that triggers the pituitary gland to release gonadotropins, which in turn stimulate the ovaries or testes to produce sex hormones.

And on the influence of these inconspicuous bodies and of the pituitary body in sustaining arterial blood pressures physiologists have thrown some important light.

The pituitary body probably subserves a like purpose.

Synonyms:

endocrine, anterior pituitary, hypophysis, pituitary gland, endocrine gland, pars nervosa, thalmencephalon, posterior pituitary gland, anterior pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophyseal stalk, posterior pituitary, neurohypophysis, ductless gland, interbrain, diencephalon, adenohypophysis, betweenbrain,

Antonyms:

exocrine,