pituitary gland

Noun pituitary gland has 1 sense

• pituitary gland(n = noun.body) hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body - the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain; Array
is a kind of ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine gland
has parts: hypophyseal stalk, adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland
is a part of betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon