词汇 | hypophysis |
释义 | hypophysis noun[ Cusually singular ] anatomy, biology specializeduk /haɪˈpɒf.ɪ.sɪs/ us /haɪˈpɑːf.ə.sɪs/pluralhypophysesuk /haɪˈpɒf.ɪ.siːz/ us /haɪˈpɑːf.ə.siːz/ a small organ at the base of the brain that controls the growth and activity of the body by producing hormones(= chemicals made by living cells): (脑下)垂体 A study was made of the circadian activity of the thyroid gland, adrenal gland, and hypophysis in 34 subjects. This regulates secretion at the hypophysis level of two key hormones. The two lobes of the hypophysis are generally separated by a cleft. This blindness is due to the pressure of the enlarging hypophysis on the optic chiasma. The aim of the study was to compare vascular density in nontumorous hypophyses, pituitary adenomas, and primary pituitary carcinomas. Glands in the human body acinar acinus adenohypophysis adrenal adrenal cortex endocrinal endocrine gland endocrinologic endocrinological exocrine gland neuroendocrinology neurohypophyseal neurohypophysis oil gland pancreas prostatic pyloric gland sebaceous gland suprarenal gland sweat gland Synonympituitary gland Related wordhypophyseal |
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