Pituitary gland
Hypophysis
About the pituitary gland of the horse
Pituitary gland is a endocrine of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Hypophysis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Pituitary gland
- Latin (NAV)
- Hypophysis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the pituitary gland
- What is the Latin name of the pituitary gland?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the pituitary gland is called Hypophysis.
- Where is the pituitary gland of the horse?
- Pituitary gland is a endocrine of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the pituitary gland inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
