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Posterior Pituitary. Neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus release oxytocin (OT) or ADH into the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. These hormones are stored or released into the blood via the capillary plexus. English labels. From OpenStax book 'Anatomy and Physiology', fig. 17.8.
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Uploaded by: Jorn IJkhout
Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Glandula pituitaria
Lobus nervosus (Neurohypophysis)
Adenohypophysis
Infundibulum (Lobus posterior) (Glandula pituitaria)
Hypothalamus
Tractus hypothalamohypophysialis
Nuclei paraventriculares thalami
Nucleus supraopticus
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