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MeSH Heading: Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
Tree Number(s): A06.300.747.750; A06.688.357.750.750; A08.186.211.180.497.352.435.500.750; A08.186.211.200.317.357.352.435.500.750; A08.713.357.750.750
Unique ID: D052716
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D052716
Annotation: diseases: coordinate IM with PITUITARY DISEASES (IM) or specifics (IM)
Scope Note: The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).
Entry Term(s): Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary; Pars Intermedia of Pituitary; Pituitary Pars Intermedia
Previous Indexing: Pituitary Gland (1965-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007
History Note: 2007
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
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: M0488957
Scope Note: The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).
Terms: Pituitary Gland, Intermediate Preferred Term
Term UI T650658
Date09/08/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Pituitary Pars Intermedia
Term UI T650659
Date09/08/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Pars Intermedia of Pituitary
Term UI T650660
Date09/08/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary
Term UI T650661
Date09/08/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007)

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