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pituitary stalk

Unpaired continuation of the hypothalamic infundibulum containing nerve tracts passing from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.

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hypothalamic infundibulum

General

brain structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999

Component-of

pituitary (hypophysis)

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