epinephros

su·pra·re·nal gland

[TA]

a flattened, roughly triangular body positioned in relation to the superior end of each kidney but attached primarily to the diaphragmatic crura; it is one of the endocrine (ductless) glands furnishing internal secretions (epinephrine and norepinephrine from the medulla and steroid hormones from the cortex).

Synonym(s): glandula suprarenalis [TA], adrenal body, adrenal gland, atrabiliary capsule, epinephros, glandula atrabiliaris, paranephros, suprarenal body

su·pra·re·nal gland

(sū'pră-rē'năl gland) [TA]

A flattened, roughly triangular body resting on the upper end of each kidney; an endocrine gland the medulla of which producesepinephrine and norepinephrine and cortex produces cortisol and aldosterone.
Synonym(s): adrenal gland, epinephros, paranephros.