nid: 60103
Additional formats:
None available
Description:
Anatomy of the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland (or hypophysis cerebri), together with its connections to the hypothalamus, acts as the main endocrine interface between the central nervous system and the rest of the body. English labels
Case courtesy of Assoc Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 75156
Case courtesy of Assoc Prof Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 75156
Anatomical structures in item:
Uploaded by: rva
Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Chiasma opticum
Glandula pituitaria
Adenohypophysis
Lobus nervosus (Neurohypophysis)
Pars tuberalis (Glandula pituitaria)
Pars intermedia (Glandula pituitaria)
Pars distalis (Glandula pituitaria)
Infundibulum (Lobus posterior) (Glandula pituitaria)
Hypothalamus
Creator(s)/credit: Frank Gaillard MB.BS, MMed
Requirements for usage
You are free to use this item if you follow the requirements of the license: 
View license
View license If you use this item you should credit it as follows:
- For usage in print - copy and paste the line below:
- For digital usage (e.g. in PowerPoint, Impress, Word, Writer) - copy and paste the line below (optionally add the license icon):
"Radiopaedia - Drawing Anatomy of the pituitary gland - English labels" at AnatomyTOOL.org by Frank Gaillard, license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Comments