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Descriptor
English
:
Adrenal Glands
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Glándulas Suprarrenales
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Glândulas Supra-Renais
Tree Number:
A06.407.071
Definition
English
:
A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine
tissues
with separate embryonic origins, the
ADRENAL CORTEX
producing
STEROIDS
and the
ADRENAL MEDULLA
producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/surg = probably
ADRENALECTOMY
; hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal
axis
: coord
HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM
+
PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM
;
hyperplasia
=
ADRENAL GLANDS
/pathol (IM) +
HYPERPLASIA
(NIM); congenital adrenal
hyperplasia
(CAH) = ADRENAL
HYPERPLASIA
, CONGENITAL
See Related
English
:
Adrenalectomy
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
abnormalities
anatomy & histology
blood supply
chemistry
cytology
drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
immunology
injuries
innervation
metabolism
microbiology
pathology
physiology
physiopathology
parasitology
radiography
radiation effects
radionuclide imaging
secretion
surgery
transplantation
ultrastructure
ultrasonography
virology
Record Number:
314
Unique Identifier:
D000311
Occurrence in VHL
:
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