adrenal gland AAO:0010551 All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues, but they are scattered in and near the kidneys in fishes. (...) The cortical and chromaffin tissues come together to form adrenal glands in tetrapods.[well established][VHOG] Anatomical structure which is found on the surface of the kidney and secretes various hormones including epinephrine, norephinephrine, aldosterone, corticosterone, and cortisol.[AAO] BTO:0000047 CALOHA:TS-0016 EFO:0000238 EMAPA:18426 EV:0100135 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]. FMA:9604 GAID:446 MA:0000116 MAT:0000071 MESH:A06.407.071 MIAA:0000071 OpenCyc:Mx4rvXYiz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA The origin of the adrenal gland is still controversial. It is thought to share the same origin as the kidney and gonads, derived from coelomic epithelium of the urogenital ridge and/or the underlying mesenchyme (Keegan and Hammer, 2002; Morohashi, 1997). We follow Kardong and state homology at the level of the cortex and medulla rather than gland as a whole UBERON:0002369 UMLS:C0001625 VHOG:0001141 XAO:0000164 adrenal adrenal capsule adrenal medulla cell atrabiliary capsule epinephric gland epinephros galen:AdrenalGland glandula adrenalis glandula suprarenalis glandula suprarenalis interrenal gland suprarenal capsule suprarenal cortex manufactures corticosteroids; suprarenal medulla manufactures epinephrine and norepinephrine; suprarenal medulla receives preganglionic sympathetic innervation from the greater thoracic splanchnic n. suprarenal gland uberon adrenal/interrenal gland lateral structure