Term hypophysis

A compound organ which is an endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non neuroectodermal origin.

Local Unique Identifier
0000143
Synonym
  • hypophysis cerebri (RELATED)
  • pituitary (RELATED)
  • pituitary gland (RELATED)
Parents
hog:0000653
Parts
Relation BFO:0000050 part of
Xref Teleost Anatomy Ontology
tao:0000118