"Adrenal Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine tissues with separate embryonic origins, the ADRENAL CORTEX producing STEROIDS and the ADRENAL MEDULLA producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000311
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.071
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| Concept/Terms |
Adrenal Glands- Adrenal Glands
- Adrenal Gland
- Gland, Adrenal
- Glands, Adrenal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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