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A member asked:
What do the pineal and pituitary glands look like? i heard the pineal looks like a pinecone, but i don't know how much like one it would look like.
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Anatomy, imaging: The glands can be visualized directly (gross anatomy) or non-invasively (through brain MRI, for example). There are many images online that you can review: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pineal-region-an-approach , http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pituitary-mri-an-approach
Answered 9/19/2014
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