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Which part of the hypophysis is more glandular in nature?
Which part of the hypophysis is more glandular in nature?
- Pars nervosa
- Pars tuberalis
- Neurohypophysis
- Adenohypophysis (correct)
What terminates in the neurohypophysis?
What terminates in the neurohypophysis?
- Hypophyseal portal veins
- Sinusoids in infundibulum
- Axons arising from supraoptic nuclei (correct)
- Hypothalamic releasing factors
Which part of the hypophysis surrounds the infundibular stem?
Which part of the hypophysis surrounds the infundibular stem?
- Adenohypophysis
- Pars tuberalis (correct)
- Pars nervosa
- Pars intermedia
What do the axons arising from supraoptic nuclei store and release?
What do the axons arising from supraoptic nuclei store and release?
Which blood vessels form an arterial network around the infundibulum?
Which blood vessels form an arterial network around the infundibulum?
Where is the hypophyseal portal system related to?
Where is the hypophyseal portal system related to?
What drains into sinusoids in the adenohypophysis?
What drains into sinusoids in the adenohypophysis?
Which tract carries axons from the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei to the neurohypophysis?
Which tract carries axons from the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei to the neurohypophysis?
What forms an arterial network around the neurohypophysis?
What forms an arterial network around the neurohypophysis?
What is secreted directly into systemic circulation via capillaries?
What is secreted directly into systemic circulation via capillaries?
What is the structure that connects the hypophysis to the hypothalamus?
What is the structure that connects the hypophysis to the hypothalamus?
Which part of the hypophysis is covered superiorly by diaphragma sellae?
Which part of the hypophysis is covered superiorly by diaphragma sellae?
What forms the neurohypophysis?
What forms the neurohypophysis?
Which part of the hypophysis is formed by the median eminence, infundibulum, and post. lobe?
Which part of the hypophysis is formed by the median eminence, infundibulum, and post. lobe?
What separates the floor of the hypophyseal fossa from the floor of its fossa?
What separates the floor of the hypophyseal fossa from the floor of its fossa?
What is the circular sinus formed by?
What is the circular sinus formed by?
Which part of the hypophysis becomes continuous with the post. lobe of hypophysis?
Which part of the hypophysis becomes continuous with the post. lobe of hypophysis?
What is the function of the infundibulum?
What is the function of the infundibulum?
