NALT

Preferred term

posterior pituitary

Topic

Neural tissue of the pituitary gland, also known as the neurohypophysis. It consists of the distal axons of neurons that produce vasopressin and oxytocinin 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.

pituitary gland

infundibular stalk
neurohypophysis
posterior pituitary gland

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

29803

Spanish

neurohipófisis
glándula pituitaria posterior

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/54725

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/30/12