Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Adrenal Glands

Preferred term

Adrenal Glands  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine tissues with separate embryonic origins, the ADRENAL CORTEX producing STEROIDS and the ADRENAL MEDULLA producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.

Broader concept

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MRZD4KH6-T

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/30/18