adenohypophysis /ad·e·no·hy·poph·y·sis/ (-hi-pof´ĭ-sis) the anterior (glandular) lobe of the pituitary gland; it secretes the anterior pituitary hormones such as growth hormone, thyrotropin, and others.adenohypophys´eal 
adenohypophysis
adenohypophysis [ad″ĕ-no-hi-pof´ĭ-sis]
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ad·e·no·hy·poph·y·sis ( d n- -h -p f  -ss)n. The anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland, consisting of distal, intermediate, and infundibular parts, and secreting many hormones, including gonadotropin, prolactin, and somatotropin. Also called anterior lobe of hypophysis. ad e·no·hypo·physi·al (-hp -fz -l, -h-pf-sl) adj. |
adenohypophysis
[ad′ənō′hīpof′isis]
Etymology: Gk, aden + hypo, beneath, phyein, to grow
the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. It secretes growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin, beta lipotropin molecules, and endorphins. The release of hormones from the hypothalamus regulates these secretions. Also called anterior pituitary.
adenohypophysis [ad″ĕ-no-hi-pof´ĭ-sis]
the anterior or glandular portion of the pituitary gland. adj., adj adenohypophys´eal.
Adenohypophysis. From Dorland's, 2000.
adenohypophysis
the so-called anterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri (see also pituitary), which in domestic animals mostly surrounds the posterior lobe. It develops from the roof of the embryonic mouth and is divided into a large pars distalis, a smaller pars tuberalis and a pars intermedia. It secretes hormones under the control of releasing agents which arrive from the hypothalamus via a hypothalamohypophyseal portal system. The hormones include growth hormone, ACTH, beta-lipotropin, prolactin, thyrotropic hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone.
See also adenohypophyseal.
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