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Pituitary gland Located at the base of the skull, the pituitary gland is protected by a bony structure called the sella turcica. Median sagittal through the hypophysis of an adult monkey. Semidiagrammatic. Latin hypophysis, glandula pituitaria Gray's subject #275 1275 System Precursor neural and oral ectoderm, including Rathke's pouch MeSH A06.407.747 Dorlands/Elsevier h_22/12439692 The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of ...
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