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pituitary stalk

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The apical portion of the tubular structure extending from the hypothalamus to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0009463 ]

Synonyms: infundibular stalk, infundibulum of neurohypophysis, hypophyseal stalk, infundibular stem of neurohypophysis, infundibulum of posterior lobe of pituitary gland, neurohypophysis infundibulum, infundibulum hypophysis, tuberal part of hypophysis, infundibulum, infundibulum of pituitary gland, pituitary infundibular stalk, infundibular stem, infundibulum (lobus posterior) (glandula pituitaria)

Term info

database cross reference
  • BAMS:INF
  • Wikipedia:Pituitary_stalk
  • UMLS:C0447641 (BIRNLEX:912)
  • UMLS:C0447641 (BIRNLEX:1248)
  • MA:0000858
  • EHDAA:7538
  • FMA:74635
  • NCIT:C45912
  • neuronames:405 (BIRNLEX:1248)
  • neuronames:408 (BIRNLEX:912)
  • BIRNLEX:1248
  • DHBA:10643
  • EHDAA2:0000828
  • NCIT:C32228
  • EMAPA:17520
  • ZFA:0001199
  • UMLS:C0175325 (BIRNLEX:1248)
  • BAMS:THP
  • TAO:0001199
  • BIRNLEX:912
  • HBA:9358
  • SCTID:245529009
  • BAMS:InfS
  • DMBA:15690
  • SCTID:425300001
  • UMLS:C0751440 (ncithesaurus:Pituitary_Stalk)
  • BTO:0000768
  • XAO:0004210
  • VHOG:0000245
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

A short stalk connecting the pituitary with the brain. Axons of secretory cells in the floor of the diencephalon traverse the infundibulum and terminate in the neurohypophysis.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

It (the hypophysis) develops embryonically in all vertebrates from two ectodermal evaginations that meet and unite. An infundibulum grows ventrally from the diencephalon of the brain, and Rathke's pouch extends dorsally from the roof of the developing mouth, or stomodaeum. The infundibulum remains connected to the floor of the diencephalon, which becomes the hypothalamus, and gives rise to the part of the gland known as the neurohypophysis. (...) Rathke's pouch loses its connection with the stomodaeum in most adult vertebrates and gives rise to the rest of the gland, the adenohypophysis. (...) A well-developed hypophyseal system with functional connections to the hypothalamus is unique to craniates.[well established][VHOG]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Pituitary_gland_representation.PNG

has related synonym

hypophyseal infundibulum, tuberal part of the hypophysis, pars tuberalis (hypophysis), infundibulum neurohypophyseos, hypophysial stalk, infundibulum of posterior lobe of pituitary gland, infundibulum of hypothalamus

has alternative id

UBERON:0003014, UBERON:0014606

has broad synonym

InfS, infundibular stem, THP

id

UBERON:0002434

prefLabel

pituitary stalk, Infundibulum of neurohypophysis