MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Pituitary Gland
Tree Number(s): A06.300.747; A06.688.357.750; A08.186.211.180.497.352.435.500; A08.186.211.200.317.357.352.435.500; A08.713.357.750
Unique ID: D010902
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010902
Annotation: general or unspecified: prefer specific lobes; /‌rad eff: consider also PITUITARY IRRADIATION; /‌surg: probably HYPOPHYSECTOMY; consider also PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM & HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM
Scope Note: A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.
Entry Term(s): Hypophyseal Infundibulum; Hypophyseal Stalk; Hypophysis; Hypophysis Cerebri; Hypothalamus, Infundibular; Infundibular Stalk; Infundibular Stem; Infundibulum; Infundibulum (Hypophysis); Infundibulum, Hypophyseal; Pituitary Stalk
See Also: Hypophysectomy
Consider Also: consider also terms at HYPOPHYS-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0332677
Terms: Pituitary Stalk Preferred Term
Term UI T363976
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Infundibular Stalk
Term UI T363975
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Infundibulum (Hypophysis)
Term UI T363981
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Infundibular Stem
Term UI T363982
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Hypophyseal Infundibulum
Term UI T614090
Date10/18/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Infundibulum, Hypophyseal
Term UI T614091
Date10/18/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Infundibulum
Term UI T856849
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Hypothalamus, Infundibular
Term UI T021059
Date04/23/1982
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hypophyseal Stalk
Term UI T859760
Date05/15/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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