Adrenal gland
Glandula adrenalis
Cortex makes corticosteroids; medulla makes adrenaline.
- System
- endocrine
- Region
- Pelvis
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Against the roof of the abdomen just in front of and medial to its own kidney.
- Action
- Cortex makes corticosteroids; medulla makes adrenaline.
- Nerve
- Coeliac plexus, whose fibres reach the medulla directly.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Adrenal gland
- Latin (NAV)
- Glandula adrenalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria