Svensk definition
En liten, oparig körtel belägen i sella turcica (turksadeln, i gropen på ovansidan kilbenet). Den står i förbindelse med hypotalamus via en kort stjälk.
Pituitary Gland
Hypofys
Engelsk definition
A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.
Svenska synonymer
Nedre hjärnbihang — Hypophysis cerebri — Undre hjärnbihang
Engelska synonymer
Gland, Pituitary — Glands, Pituitary — Pituitary Glands — Hypophysis — Hypophyses — Hypophysis Cerebri — Cerebri, Hypophysis — Cerebrus, Hypophysis — Hypophysis Cerebrus — Pituitary Stalk — Pituitary Stalks — Infundibular Stalk — Infundibular Stalks — Stalk, Infundibular — Stalks, Infundibular — Infundibulum (Hypophysis) — Infundibular Stem — Hypophyseal Infundibulum — Infundibulum, Hypophyseal — Infundibulum — Infundibulums — Hypothalamus, Infundibular — Infundibular Hypothalamus — Hypophyseal Stalk — Hypophyseal Stalks — Stalk, Hypophyseal — Stalks, Hypophyseal