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Definition of Adrenal gland

1. Noun. Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney.

Definition of Adrenal gland

1. Noun. (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. ¹

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Medical Definition of Adrenal gland

1. This gland is found above each kidney and it made up of an outer wall (cortex) that secretes important steroid hormones and an inner portion (medulla) that produces adrenaline (adrenaline) and noradrenaline (noradrenaline). The hormones help control heart rate, blood pressure, the way the body uses food, and other vital functions. (25 Jun 1999)

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Literary usage of Adrenal gland

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1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"REPORT OF A CASE OF SIMULTANEOUS SARCOMA OF THE adrenal gland AND OF THE CRANIUM, ... TUMORS of the adrenal gland in childhood are not only very rare, ..."

2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"THE RELATION OF LESIONS OF THE adrenal gland TO CHRONIC NEPHRITIS AND TO ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AN ANATOMICAL STUDY.1 BY RICHARD M. PEARCE, MD (From the Bender ..."

3. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The Secretory Nerves of the adrenal gland.—The adrenal glands receive a ... Examination of the venous blood flowing from the adrenal gland discloses the ..."

4. Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"The surgical removal of the adrenal gland is certainly not warranted under any circumstances. The Association of the Adrenal with Other Endocrine Organs We ..."

5. Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent by Walter Bradford Cannon (1920)
"... MUSCLE AFTER SPLANCHNIC STIMULATION OF THE adrenal gland 9 In the older literature on the adrenal glands the deleterious effect of their absence, ..."

6. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The adrenal gland, often called the supra-renal capsule, ... The adrenal gland consists of a cortical and a medullary portion, although these two parts are ..."

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