adrenal gland
adrenal gland
Definition
adrenal gland
noun
either of a pair of endocrine organs lying immediately above the kidney, consisting of an inner medulla which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine and an outer cortex which produces a variety of steroid hormones
adrenal gland
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- hog: Hormone from adrenal glands of hogs, cattle, and sheep.
Adjective modifier
- right: PROCEDURE: A 4-year-old male underwent PRT for neuroblastoma of the right adrenal gland, following chemotherapy and delayed surgical resection.
- left: I have also had a Pheochromocytoma and had my left adrenal gland removed nearly two years ago.
Converse of object
- stimulate: The release of CRH triggers the pituitary gland's discharge of adrenocorticotropic hormone, which in turn stimulates the adrenal gland to secrete cortisol.
- remove: If you have both adrenal glands removed, you will have to take hormone tablets every day.
- support: Vitamin B5 reinforces the body's defenses against stress by supporting the adrenal glands.
- have: Each person has two adrenal glands just above the kidneys.
- affect: This is highly suggestive of tuberculosis affecting the adrenal glands.
- allow: This allows the adrenal glands to recover between doses and prevents their becoming suppressed.
Converse of subject
- produce: This hormone is produced by the adrenal glands which lie at the tops of the kidneys.
- secrete: Cortisol - A glucocorticoid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands.
- release: Physiological arousal declines but remains higher than normal and the body replenishes the hormones released by the adrenal glands.
- make: It is also the starting material from which steroid hormones are made by the adrenal gland.
Preposition: by
- tuberculosis: Destruction of the adrenal glands by tuberculosis is irreversible once hormonal deficiencies are clinically detectable.
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