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paranephros
paranephros (ˌpærəˈnɛfrɒs) n (Medicine) med the adrenal glandEncyclopediaSeesuprarenal glandparanephros
su·pra·re·nal gland [TA] a flattened, roughly triangular body positioned in relation to the superior end of each kidney but attached primarily to the diaphragmatic crura; it is one of the endocrine (ductless) glands furnishing internal secretions (epinephrine and norepinephrine from the medulla and steroid hormones from the cortex). Synonym(s): glandula suprarenalis [TA], adrenal body, adrenal gland, atrabiliary capsule, epinephros, glandula atrabiliaris, paranephros, suprarenal bodysu·pra·re·nal gland (sū'pră-rē'năl gland) [TA] A flattened, roughly triangular body resting on the upper end of each kidney; an endocrine gland the medulla of which producesepinephrine and norepinephrine and cortex produces cortisol and aldosterone.
Synonym(s): adrenal gland, epinephros, paranephros. paranephros (păr-ă-nĕf′rŏs) A suprarenal or adrenal capsule. |