Term: hypophysis cell body
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Name: hypophysis
Synonyms: pituitary
Definition: A compound organ which is an endocrine gland located ventral to the diencephalon and derived from mixed neuroectodermal and non-neuroectodermal origin.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000118]
Name: cell body
Synonyms: cell soma
Definition: The portion of a cell bearing surface projections such as axons, dendrites, cilia, or flagella that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell projections.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0044297]    QuickGO    AmiGO