Adrenal Gland Definition

ə-drēnəl
noun
Either of a pair of endocrine organs lying immediately above the kidney, consisting of an inner medulla which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine and an outer cortex which produces a variety of steroidal hormones.
Webster's New World
Either of two small, dissimilarly shaped endocrine glands, one located above each kidney, consisting of the cortex, which secretes several steroid hormones, and the medulla, which secretes epinephrine.
American Heritage Medicine

(anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.

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Singular:
adrenal gland
Plural:
adrenal-glands

Adrenal Gland Sentence Examples

  • The outer part of the adrenal gland is the adrenal cortex which makes three main hormones called steroids.

  • I have also had a Pheochromocytoma and had my left adrenal gland removed nearly two years ago.

  • The release of CRH triggers the pituitary gland's discharge of adrenocorticotropic hormone, which in turn stimulates the adrenal gland to secrete cortisol.

  • It is also the starting material from which steroid hormones are made by the adrenal gland.

  • The excess secretion of the hormone aldosterone into the blood is from an abnormal adrenal gland or glands.

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