pituitary

Converse of subject

• secrete: Growth Hormone ( GH ) - A peptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary that stimulates body growth.
• produce: There are 6 major hormones produced by the anterior pituitary, which can be grouped according to structure.

Converse of object

• stimulate: Nerve impulses from the hypothalamus stimulate the posterior pituitary to produce ADH when the osmotic pressure of the blood rises.
• control: Hormonal effects can be caused either by damage to the pituitary gland itself or to the hypothalamus, which controls the pituitary.
• destroy: Rarely, patients are affected by conditions that destroy the pituitary.
• include: Iron is deposited in many parts of the body including the pituitary.

Adjective modifier

• anterior: The anterior pituitary makes up 75 % of the total weight of the pituitary.
• posterior: Cells from part of the brain grow downwards to form the posterior pituitary.
• normal: The tumor may prevent the normal pituitary from being able to secrete the hormones that control menstruation and fertility.
• human: Recipients of human pituitary derived extracts such as growth hormone or gonadotrophins.

Modifies a noun

• gland: The pituitary gland is a gland found at the back of our heads toward the bottom of the brain.
• adenoma: METHODS: A total of 37 pituitary adenomas were analyzed.
• tumor: Sixteen patients have also been treated for pituitary tumors in the brain.
• apoplexy: If he had been contacted he might have considered pituitary apoplexy.
• hormone: In this way, the nervous system can control the release of all the pituitary hormones.
• tumor: They may also indicate further testing ( MRI ) should be done to check for a pituitary tumor.

Noun used with modifier

• rat: Electron microscopy experiments have been carried out on sections of rat pituitary gland.
• cattle: On the one hand, it would appear that cattle pituitaries were used to prepare FSH.