anterior pituitary gland

Noun anterior pituitary gland has 1 sense

• anterior pituitary gland(n = noun.body) adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary - the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature;
is a kind of ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine gland
is a part of hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland
has parts: pars anterior, pars distilis