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The pituitary gland (also called the hypophysis) is situated at the base of the brain. The gland itself is composed of three distinct lobes: the anterior lobe (also called the adenohypophysis), the posterior lobe (also called the neurohypophysis), and the intermediate lobe (or pars intermedia). The pituitary gland is connected by a bridge, the pituitary stalk, through which it receives its...
...One is the neurohypophysis, which forms as a downgrowth of the floor of the brain and gives rise to the median eminence and the neural lobe; these structures are neurohemal organs. The other is the adenohypophysis, which develops as an upgrowth from the buccal cavity (mouth region) and usually includes two glandular portions, the pars distalis and the pars intermedia, which secrete a number of...
The pituitary gland is divided into two lobes: the anterior lobe, or adenohypophysis, which is derived from an upward outpouching of the roof of the mouth (Rathke’s pouch), and the posterior lobe, or neurohypophysis, which is derived from nerve tissue. There are six anterior pituitary hormones, produced by five separate types of cells, and two posterior pituitary hormones.
in endocrine system, human: The anterior pituitary )The anterior pituitary
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