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pituitary gland

endocrine gland at the base of the brain. Referred to as the “master gland” because it monitors and regulates many bodily functions through the hormones that it produces, including growth and sexual/reproductive development and function.
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pituitary gland
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Summary

pituitary gland is a gland type[1]. It draws 11,744 Wikipedia views per month (gland type category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Follows: ectoderm[4], Rathke's pouch[5]
  • Subclass of: endocrine gland[6], lobular organ[7], particular anatomical entity[8]
  • Commons category: Pituitary gland[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pituitary gland[10]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[11], Larousse Encyclopedia online[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12399[14]
  • Arterial supply: Superior hypophysial artery[15], inferior hypophysial artery[16]
  • Development of anatomical structure: pituitary gland development[17]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/pituitary_gland_2[18]

Why It Matters

pituitary gland has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pituitary-gland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pituitary-gland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950329|pituitary gland (#289950329)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1qEVcc
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → gland type, class of anatomical entity
    Topic's main category → Category:Pituitary gland
    Arterial supply → Superior hypophysial artery, inferior hypophysial artery
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 5175, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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