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neural lobe of neurohypophysis
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The posterior pituitary (or neurohypophysis) comprises the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and is part of the endocrine system. Despite its name, the posterior pituitary gland is not a gland, per se; rather, it is largely a collection of axonal projections from the hypothalamus that terminate behind the anterior pituitary gland. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurohypophysis#cite_note-1 ]
Term info
Label
neural lobe of neurohypophysis
Synonyms
- lobus nervosus (Neurohypophysis)
- pars nervosa (hypophysis)
- pars nervosa (neurohypophysis)
- pars nervosa neurohypophysis
- pars nervosa of hypophysis
- pars nervosa of neurohypophysis
- pars nervosa of pituitary
- pars nervosa of posterior lobe of pituitary gland
- pars nervosa pituitary gland
- pars posterior
- pars posterior of hypophysis
- posterior lobe of neurohypophysis
- posterior lobe-3
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Pituitary_gland_representation.PNG
editor note
TODO - compare with UBERON:0002198
has broad synonym
posterior lobe, PNHP
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
lobe caudalis cerebelli, caudal lobe, eminentia postinfundibularis, neural component of pituitary, middle lobe, medial eminence, eminentia mediana, pars nervosa, eminentia medialis (Shantha)
homology notes
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]
id
UBERON:0003217