单词 | adrenal gland |
释义 | > as lemmasadrenal gland 1. Designating an endocrine gland situated close to the kidney (typically near the upper or anterior pole), composed of two different types of tissue, one producing steroid hormones and the other catecholamines (now usually in adrenal gland); = suprarenal adj. 1.The earlier name suprarenal gland does not accurately describe the position of this gland (frequently on the inner aspect of the anterior pole of the kidney) in many animals.In mammals, the tissues of the adrenal gland are divided into distinct regions, the cortex and the medulla (see Compounds); in birds and reptiles the two types of tissue may be intermingled. In lower vertebrates both types of tissue are present but are not organized into a single gland. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > kidney nephritic1580 nephritical1638 renal1656 suprarenal1791 suprarenal1791 cardiorenal1854 paranephritic1857 adrenal1863 perirenal1867 renovesical1868 perinephritic1877 renopericardial1883 lieno-renal1887 nephric1887 perinephric1890 interrenal1893 paranephric1897 1863 R. Owen Monogr. Aye-aye 42 The adrenal bodies..lay upon the inner and upper ends of the kidneys. 1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. xiii. 173 The Adrenal glands are yellow bodies imbedded in the ventral face of the kidney. 1918 Railway Surg. Jrnl. 24 252/1 In his monograph on adrenal disease, Brown-Séquard produced all the symptoms in different animals by the removal of the adrenal capsules. 1950 Sci. News 15 132 The adrenal gland..is readily distinguishable into two parts, the rind or cortex, and the core or medulla. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xix. 446/2 Embryonal nephroma is a congenital primary tumour not infrequently seen in cattle usually at the anterior end of the kidney in contact with the adrenal body. 2010 Independent 2 Feb. 14/2 I had brought him to the operating room to remove his right adrenal gland because of an unusual tumour growing inside it called a pheochromocytoma. < as lemmas |
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