part ofcontributes to morphology ofadrenal cortexAAO:0011009All craniates have groups of cells homologous to the mammalian adrenocortical and chromaffin tissues (medulla), 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]BTO:0000045CALOHA:TS-0015EFO:0000237EMAPA:18427EV:0100136FMA:15632GAID:447Kardong states that mammals are the first to have distinct cortext and medulla, but this contradicts XAOMA:0000118MAT:0000494MESH:D000302NCIT:C12396UBERON:0001235UMLS:C0001613VHOG:0001481XAO:0000165adrenal gland cortexcortex (glandula suprarenalis)cortex glandulae suprarenaliscortex of adrenal glandcortex of suprarenal glandsuprarenalsuprarenal cortexthe thick outer layer of the adrenal gland that produces and secretes steroid hormones such as corticosterone, estrone and aldosteroneuberoncortexadrenal glandmesoderm-derived structureneural crest-derived structure