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Epiphysis vs Hypophysis - What's the difference?

epiphysis | hypophysis |

In anatomy terms the difference between epiphysis and hypophysis

is that epiphysis is the pineal gland while hypophysis is the pituitary gland.

epiphysis

English

Noun

(wikipedia epiphysis) (epiphyses)
  • (anatomy) The pineal gland.
  • (skeleton) The rounded end of any long bone.

    • hypophysis

    English

    (wikipedia hypophysis)

    Noun

    (hypophyses)
  • (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
  • * 1915 - Wilhelm Falta, (trans. Milton Kayton Meyers) The Ductless Glandular Diseases] , P. Blakiston's Son & Co. [http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/4634141 OCLC 4634141, page 231
    • CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]
  • (botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
  • * 1995 - Trevor A. Thorpe, In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants , Springer, ISBN 0792331494, page 85
    • All the cells of the suspensor, except one, are eventually crushed and obliterated by the growing embryo; this fortunate cell known as the hypophysis is the one in immediate contact with the embryo and plays an important role in the formation of the root apex.

    Derived terms

    * hypophysial * hypophyseal * adenohypophysis * neurohypophysis