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THE MERCK MANUAL MEDICAL LIBRARY: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
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The pituitary gland controls the functions of peripheral endocrine glands. Pituitary structure and function and relationships between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland are discussed in Principles of Endocrinology.

Last full review/revision February 2007 by Ian M. Chapman, MBBS, PhD

Content last modified February 2007

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