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Mesh term Pituitary-Adrenal System

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Endocrine Glands

Description

The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary.



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