Recent Developments in Canine Cushing’s Syndrome
Te pituitary gland or hypophysis (glandula pituitaria or hypophysis cerebri) is attached to the diencephalon on the ventral midline. Although small, it plays a major regulatory role in the entire endocrine system. Te close anatomical relation of its glandular and nervous parts is symbolic of its function in interrelating the nervous and endocrine systems. So extensive are the influences of the hypophysis upon cells, tissues, and organs that it is often referred to as the “master gland” of the body. Its location as an appen-dage of the brain also points to its significance as the relay between the nervous and humoral mechanisms that jointly control multiple key body functions (Dyce et al.2010).
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