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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate

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Pituitary Gland, Intermediate  

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Definition

  • The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. It shows considerable size variation among the species, small in humans, and large in amphibians and lower vertebrates. This lobe produces mainly MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).

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Entry terms

  • Intermediate Lobe of Pituitary
  • Pars Intermedia of Pituitary
  • Pituitary Pars Intermedia

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W8T8W16R-7

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