Category:Pituitary

Pi*tu"i*ta*ry, a. Etym: [l. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf. F. Pituitarie.] (anat.) (a) secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the Mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities. (b) of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. Pituitary body or gland (anat.), a glandlike body of unknown Function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and connected with the Infundibulum of the brain; the hypophysis. -- pituitary fossa (anat.), the ephippium.