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It would be good if someone could get a pic of this....most of the ones I'm running across are questionable in terms of their copyright status. GrazingshipIV 04:00, Mar 17, 2004 (UTC)

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN WHETHER PITUITARY GLAND CAN RECOVER ITS CELL GROWTH IN PARTIAL REMOVAL OF IT DUE TO TUMOURS LIKE CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA?please reply 59.93.41.158 (talk) 05:41, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I made a quick illustration for the anterior/posterior pituitary articles, but admittedly it's pretty weak. I'll add it to this page until someone finds something better. --Diberri 06:10, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Seat of the soul?

Didn't René Descartes think that the pituitary gland was where the soul was attached to the body (mind/body problem)? -- Toby Bartels 03:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite. Descartes thought the pineal gland-the only known non-lateralized brain structure at his time-was the seat of the soul. Semiconscious (talk · home) 09:22, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hormonal funcion

this article is missing an important information. A brief description of what function each hormone produced have.201.21.214.85 16:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clicking on them will tell you. But I agree, perhaps 1 sentence could be written about each hormone as they are related to the role of the pituitary gland. --78.86.117.164 01:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pituitary Gland

Is there any medications/ treatment by which melanin can be produced from body to cure white spots? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.176.105.92 (talk) 07:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know how bad a hemoraged pituitary gland is? Does that require surgery or medication? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.116.211.119 (talk) 18:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

more and better pictures needed.

more pictures needed.

more and better Gross anatomy pictures needed. a picture of the bones that surround it is also needed - get a view of the sella turcica from the top. Bold texthearts; —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.104.131.77 (talk) 03:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

undo vandalism

please undo the vandalism done to this page, it says something with penis and semen in between sentences. Furthermore, something went wrong with the template, i think.

How do you pronounce this? StealthNinja360 (talk) 17:40, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pituitary and Pineal glands

Please can anyone explain, in simple terms,if there is any connection between the Pituitary and the Pineal glands. If so, how does the health of one affect the other?

90.194.238.225 (talk) 20:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC) eddie h.[reply]

- There's is no direct connection. In case of tumour-growth weird things can happen. So yes, health problems in the surrounding areas of an endocrine gland can cause systemic health-issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.83.18.197 (talk) 23:50, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the brain?

Is the pituitary gland considered a part of the brain, or simply a gland located directly underneath it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.112.216 (talk) 03:07, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Four humors theory of medicine

The pituitary gland was considered the source of phlegm in this theory of medicine. in fact, the etymology of pituitary means phlegm-producing. It is rather amazing that modern medicine has not renamed this gland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.121.204.129 (talk) 23:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weight

My textbook says it weighs 0,5-1g. (M Zorc et al. Histologija: ucbenik, mf 2010 - in slovenian language). Maybe someone should check a textbook and find a better reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZaciOne (talk • contribs) 10:45, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What level textbook is that (high school, college, etc.)? Textbooks lower than college level are generally not considered reliable sources; college textbooks are only sometims RS, and usually only when they're specialty texts. For instance, if that were a medical school anatomy textbook, that could probably be okay.

I couldn't find a definitive answer, but did see one abstract that put the info in the range you state. It's possible it was a typing/calculation error, or possibly even earlier vandalism. I've changed it to 0.5g. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:14, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

embryology

I removed this section heading. There was nothing about the embryology of the pituitary in it. It was all detailed anatomy.

I removed the hormones secreted from the old Embryology section and placed them in their own section. Having them scattered into an another section seems odd to me. I came to the page looking for information on the hormones the pituitary secretes. Each of these is utterly essential and there are a dozen of them, making them the most important feature of the pituitary and deserving of their own section. Nick Beeson (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Change the name to Hypophysis.

The correct term is hypophysis. We cannot be using the same terms from centuries ago because they are not precise and in the case of the hypophysis it even tells things that are not true. Pituita means mucus, Aristotle thought nasal mucus came from this gland in the brain, but he was wrong, this gland has no relation to mucus at all and the pituitary name must be forsaken. Please, change the name to hypophysis since it's the only correct way to call it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.87.111.127 (talk) 22:43, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to provide evidence that hypophysis is the WP:COMMONNAME, not just your opinion. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hypophysis is the technical term that students of anatomy use - otherwise its 'pituitary' however its use so arrived. There exists the Pituitary Foundation which says (by reply email) that there is no discussion anywhere to change the general usage from pituitary. Iztwoz (talk) 17:48, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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