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Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Circumventricular Organs > Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Circumventricular Organs > Pituitary Gland, Posterior

Preferred term

Pituitary Gland, Posterior  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Neural tissue of the pituitary gland, also known as the neurohypophysis. It consists of the distal AXONS of neurons that produce VASOPRESSIN and OXYTOCIN in the SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS and the PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS. These axons travel down through the MEDIAN EMINENCE, the hypothalamic infundibulum of the PITUITARY STALK, to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Infundibular Process
  • Lobus Nervosus
  • Neural Lobe
  • Neurohypophysis
  • Pars Nervosa of Pituitary
  • Posterior Lobe of Pituitary

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In other languages

  • Neurohypophyse

    French

  • Glande pituitaire postérieure
  • Hypophyse postérieure
  • Lobe postérieur de l'hypophyse
  • Lobe postérieur de la glande pituitaire
  • Neuro-hypophyse
  • Post-hypophyse

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