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单词 hypophysis
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Definition of hypophysis in English:

hypophysis

nounPlural hypophyses hʌɪˈpɒfɪsɪshaɪˈpɑfəsəs
Anatomy
  • technical term for pituitary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The internal carotid artery supplies blood to the middle ear, brain, hypophysis, orbit, and choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle.
    • In any event, they lose contact with the hypophysis.
    • This gland, also termed the hypophysis cerebri, lies in a bony cavity, the sella turcica, so called because it was thought to resemble a Turkish saddle.
    • The intercavernous sinuses are small and they cross the median line at the front and back of the hypophysis.
    • As an example, the beta cell of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Derivatives

  • hypophyseal

  • adjectiveˌhʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈfɪzɪəl
    Anatomy
    • An embryonic remnant, it opens in the hypophyseal fossa, traversing the sphenoid body.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The hypophyseal fossa is filled with sediment.
      • There were also anastomoses with the superior hypophyseal artery.
      • Gametogenesis appeared to be unaffected by hypophysectomy suggesting that the hagfish gonad was independent of hypophysial gonadotropic control.
      • These neurons project axons to the median eminence where they secrete CRH into the hypophysial portal blood.

Origin

Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek hupophusis 'offshoot', from hupo 'under' + phusis 'growth'.

 
 

Definition of hypophysis in US English:

hypophysis

nounhaɪˈpɑfəsəshīˈpäfəsəs
Anatomy
  • technical term for pituitary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As an example, the beta cell of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone.
    • This gland, also termed the hypophysis cerebri, lies in a bony cavity, the sella turcica, so called because it was thought to resemble a Turkish saddle.
    • The internal carotid artery supplies blood to the middle ear, brain, hypophysis, orbit, and choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle.
    • In any event, they lose contact with the hypophysis.
    • The intercavernous sinuses are small and they cross the median line at the front and back of the hypophysis.

Origin

Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek hupophusis ‘offshoot’, from hupo ‘under’ + phusis ‘growth’.

 
 
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