Adrenal glands

System Endocrine
SNOMED CT 181127006

Adrenal glands

Definition

Either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine[BTO].

Also known as glandula adrenalis, glandula suprarenalis — per UBERON

The Adrenal glands is a part of the Endocrine.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Malignant tumor of adrenal cortex Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Metastatic carcinoma in the adrenal medulla Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Non-functioning adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Non-functioning adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Primary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Primary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Secondary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Secondary adrenal insufficiency Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sex hormone-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Sex hormone-producing adrenal cortex adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Dexamethasone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Fludrocortisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Hydrocortisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Methylprednisolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prasterone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prednisolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Prednisone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Triamcinolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

8 entries above are marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred them by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts these links directly. Treat them as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Adrenalectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0