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master gland
noun
The pituitary gland.
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The pituitary gland is often referred to as "the master gland" because it controls the production of hormones, which then control other glands.
The pituitary gland is often referred to as the master gland of the body, since it produces hormones that stimulate the activities of other endocrine glands, such as the adrenal, the thyroid, and the ovary.
The pituitary gland is sometimes called the "master gland," because its hormones regulate other important endocrine glands including the adrenal, thyroid, and reproductive glands (e.g., ovaries and testes)—and in some cases have direct regulatory effects in major tissues, such as those of the musculoskeletal system.
Because ovarian function and fertility are mostly regulated by the pituitary, the body's master gland, the Johns Hopkins team set out to find out exactly how elevated insulin levels affect the pituitaries of obese women to render them infertile.
With hypothyroidism, the thyroid -- the master gland of metabolism -- slows, making less thyroid hormone available to your cells, tissues, organs and glands.
This master gland in humans is located in the brain as is part of the central nervous system in humans.
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The endocrine system in humans is a controlled system that has master glands that govern and dictate the function of the other endocrine glands in the body.
Knocking down expression after adult eclosion of the nuclear hormone receptor Hr39, a master regulator of gland development, slowed ovulation and blocked sperm storage.
We therefore focused on GATA3 and ESR1 TFs, two master regulators of mammary gland morphogenesis and luminal cell differentiation35,36.
But receptors for estrogen are also found in the thymus gland--the master architect for the developing the immune system in infants.
Mystics and spiritual masters have concluded that the pineal gland, situated in the centre of the brain, is a connection between the body and the soul.
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