单词 | ductless gland |
释义 | ductless gland (once / 82079 pages) n WORD FAMILY ductless gland: ductless glands USAGE EXAMPLESAt the present time the tendency among some writers is to make the ductless glands the responsible agents in almost all diseases. Warfield, Louis Marshall, Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:...(2011) Occasionally diseases of other ductless glands, as the thyroid, may have amenorrhea as one of the first symptoms. Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), Psychotherapy(2011) The chapter of the functions of the ductless glands is one of the most interesting and most practical in modern medicine. Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), Makers of Modern Medicine(2011) n any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream Syn|Hypo|Hyper endocrine, endocrine gland thyroid, thyroid gland located near the base of the neck parathyroid, parathyroid glandany one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland adrenal, adrenal gland, suprarenal glandeither of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney prostate, prostate glanda firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen thymus, thymus glanda ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary glandthe master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary glandthe anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature pars anterior, pars distilisthe anterior part of the anterior pituitary pars intermediaa thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary neurohypophysis, pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary glandthe posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal glanda small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhanscell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones adrenal cortexthe cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones adrenal medullathe medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine corpus luteumyellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun gonad, sex glanda gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced ovary(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone ovotestishermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
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