neurohypophysis lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature
• 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.;The posterior part of the PITUITARY STALK, derived from a funnel-shaped downgrowth from the floor of DIENCEPHALON.