The inner portion of the adrenal gland that consists mainly of chromaffin cells which produce, store and secrete neurotransmitters such as epinephrine and norepinephrine. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 MP : 0008289 MESH : A06.407.071.265 ]
Term information
- NCIT:C12397
- EMAPA:18428
- GAID:451
- XAO:0000166
- FMA:15633
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362585001
- AAO:0011010
- EFO:0000852
- MAT:0000495
- MESH:D019439
- MA:0000119
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_medulla
- UMLS:C0001629 (ncithesaurus:Adrenal_Medulla)
- VHOG:0001378
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0001629
- CALOHA:TS-0018
- EV:0100137
- BTO:0000049
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
- The inner portion of the adrenal gland that consists mainly of chromaffin cells which produce, store and secrete neurotransmitters such as epinephrine and norepinephrine.
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Gray1185.png
- suprarenal medulla
- adrenal gland medulla
- medulla glandulae suprarenalis
- medulla (glandula suprarenalis)
- medulla of adrenal gland
- medulla of suprarenal gland
- uberon
- chromaffin cells
- medulla of glandula suprarenalis
- adrenal central medulla
- All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues (medulla), but they are scattered in and near the kidneys in fishes. (...) The cortical and chromaffin tissues come together to form adrenal glands in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG]
- UBERON:0001236
Term relations
- medulla of organ and part of some adrenal gland
- medulla of organ
- neural crest-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some adrenal gland
- contributes to morphology of some adrenal gland
- develops from some neural crest
- has part some type II cell of adrenal medulla
- has part some chromaffin cell of adrenal gland
- surrounded by some adrenal cortex
- has part some type I cell of adrenal medulla