Related MeSH Hierarchy (7)
Anatomy [A] » Endocrine System [A06] » Neurosecretory Systems » Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System » Pituitary Gland » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Central Nervous System » Brain » Limbic System » Hypothalamus » Hypothalamus, Middle » Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System » Pituitary Gland » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Central Nervous System » Brain » Prosencephalon » Diencephalon » Hypothalamus » Hypothalamus, Middle » Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System » Pituitary Gland » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Neurosecretory Systems » Circumventricular Organs » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Nervous System [A08] » Neurosecretory Systems » Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System » Pituitary Gland » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Endocrine System [A06] » Endocrine Glands » Pituitary Gland » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Anatomy [A] » Endocrine System [A06] » Neurosecretory Systems » Circumventricular Organs » Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Description
Neural tissue of the pituitary gland, also known as the neurohypophysis. It consists of the distal AXONS of neurons that produce VASOPRESSIN and OXYTOCIN 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. MeSH
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