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Hypothalamus, anterior and posterior pituitary gland. The hypothalamus releases hormones to stimulate or inhibit the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) hormone production via the hypophyseal portal veins (not shown). The posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) is stimuated by neurosecretory cells via the hypothalamohypophyseal tract. English labels.
This image by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI) is retrieved from Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) of the University of Utah.
This image by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI) is retrieved from Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) of the University of Utah.
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Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Hypothalamus
Nucleus supraopticus
Nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami
Nucleus infundibularis
Chiasma opticum
Infundibulum (Lobus posterior) (Glandula pituitaria)
Adenohypophysis
Pars tuberalis (Glandula pituitaria)
Pars intermedia (Glandula pituitaria)
Pars distalis (Glandula pituitaria)
Neurohypophysis
Eminentia mediana hypothalami
Corpus mammillare
Tractus hypothalamohypophysialis
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