anterior pituitary

noun

variants or anterior pituitary gland

: adenohypophysis

In turn, corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulates the release of corticotropin from the anterior pituitary.

—Turk Rhen and John A. Cidlowski, The New England Journal of Medicine

The secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) by the anterior pituitary gland is regulated by the interaction of hypothalamic and gonadal hormones.

—Catherine Rivier et al., Science