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"This model owns an individual adrenal gland as an endocrine organ, its cortical and medullary compartments, and its contribution to paired adrenal function; species and life stage must be explicit, and the gland is not an organism or a taxon.", "in_scope": [ "Organ identity, laterality, location and relationship to the contralateral gland", "Cortical zones, medulla, vascular supply and tissue integrity", "Adrenal hormone production and its regulation", "Structural abnormalities and evidence of altered endocrine function", "Effects of observation, sampling, medication and procedures on the gland" ], "out_of_scope": [ "Kidney anatomy and urinary function beyond relationships needed to locate the gland", "Complete hypothalamic, pituitary and systemic endocrine models", "Standalone models of adrenal hormones as chemical substances", "Full disease models for adrenal insufficiency, hormone excess and adrenal tumours", "Whole-organism taxonomy, population ecology and conservation status", "Autonomous diagnosis, prescribing or procedural treatment decisions" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "Identification requires adrenal anatomy or tissue evidence; proximity to a kidney alone does not establish adrenal identity.", "In the mammalian scope, the organ combines a steroid-producing cortex and a catecholamine-producing medulla, unlike the kidney or a typical lymph node.", "A cortical zone, medullary lesion or adrenal-derived tumour is a component or pathological entity, not automatically a complete adrenal gland.", "An individual gland has a side and organ-level continuity; a bilateral hormone measurement usually cannot identify which gland produced the measured output.", "Adrenal tissue outside the usual location requires an explicit distinction between an ectopic gland, accessory tissue and a lesion." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Species and developmental stage", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Species identifier; fetal, neonatal, juvenile or adult stage with 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"values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a adrenal gland, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a adrenal gland is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a adrenal gland is carried, installed or relocated.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a adrenal gland, and in what 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"observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a adrenal gland is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What adrenal gland is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and which variants do it differently.", "questions": [ { "id": "function-record-q01", "text": "What function does adrenal gland perform, on what operating principle, and which variants differ 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