| Term: | adenohypophysis somatotropin secreting cell differentiation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | adenohypophysis |
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| Synonyms: | anterior hypophysis, anterior pituitary |
| Definition: | The anterior lobe of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). This lobe contains cells that produce prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and proopiomelanocortin. In contrast to mammalian vertebrates, the adenohypophysis remains in a subepithelial position and there exists no equivalent of Rathke's pouch in zebrafish. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001282] |
| Name: | somatotropin secreting cell differentiation |
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| Synonyms: | growth hormone secreting cell differentiation, somatotrope differentiation, somatotroph differentiation, somatotrophin secreting cell differentiation, somatotropic cell differentiation, somatrophic cell differentiation |
| Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a somatotropin secreting cell. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060126] QuickGO AmiGO |