Pineal gland

System Endocrine
SNOMED CT 181126002

Pineal gland

Definition

A midline, cone like structure located in the dorso-caudal roof of the 3rd ventricle, attached by peduncles to the habenular and posterior commissures. The stalk contains nerve fibers, blood vessels, connective tissue and parenchymal cells (Paxinos, The Rat Central Nervous System, 2nd ed, pg 399).

Also known as corpus pineale, glandula pinealis, pineal gland, pineal organ — per UBERON

The Pineal gland is a part of the Endocrine.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Adult pineal parenchymal tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult pineal parenchymal tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult pineoblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult pineoblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Malignant pineal area germ cell neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Malignant pineal area germ cell neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Papillary tumor of the pineal region Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Papillary tumor of the pineal region Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal body neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal gland astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal gland astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal gland cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal parenchymal cell neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal parenchymal cell neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region choriocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region choriocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region germinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region germinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region teratoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region teratoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region yolk sac tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineal region yolk sac tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineoblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineoblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Pineocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0