anterior pituitary

glandular, anterior lobe that, together with the posterior lobe, makes up the pituitary gland
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q356002
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anterior pituitary

Summary

anterior pituitary is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #250 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • anterior pituitary's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • anterior pituitary's GND ID is recorded as 4141402-0[4].
  • anterior pituitary's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85000837[5].
  • anterior pituitary's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12385402m[6].
  • anterior pituitary's subclass of is recorded as lobe[7].
  • anterior pituitary's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[8].
  • anterior pituitary's part of is recorded as pituitary gland[9].
  • anterior pituitary's has use is recorded as anterior pituitary hormones[10].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D010903[11].
  • anterior pituitary's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 27763[12].
  • anterior pituitary's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xd7r[13].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH tree code is recorded as A06.300.747.500[14].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH tree code is recorded as A06.688.357.750.500[15].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.186.211.180.497.352.435.500.500[16].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.186.211.200.317.357.352.435.500.500[17].
  • anterior pituitary's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.713.357.750.500[18].
  • anterior pituitary's Interlex ID is recorded as birnlex_1581[19].
  • anterior pituitary's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 611.47[20].
  • anterior pituitary's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.492[21].
  • anterior pituitary's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.45[22].
  • anterior pituitary's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1652443[23].
  • anterior pituitary's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A11.1.00.002[24].
  • anterior pituitary's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[25].
  • anterior pituitary's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 74627[26].
  • anterior pituitary's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/anterior-pituitary-lobe[27].

Why It Matters

anterior pituitary draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #250 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
    Instance of class of anatomical entity
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