01 a. Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
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Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.(Anat.)
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Pituitary body —
a a small, somewhat cherry-shaped endocrine gland, situated in the pituitary fossa, and suspended from the base of the hypothalamus; the hypophysis; -- called also glandula pituitaria, and basilaris. It secretes th pituitary hormones: oxytocin; vasopresin; antidiuretic hormone; luteinizing hormone; somatotropins; prolactin; thyroid stimulating hormone; gonadotropins; adrenal corticotropin and other peptide hormones. It affects all hormonal functions, and is thus called the “master gland”.
Pituitary fossa —
the ephippium.