infundibulum of the hypophysis
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infundibulum — 1. [TA] A funnel or funnel shaped structure or passage. 2. SYN: i. of uterine tube. 3. The expanding portion of a calyx as it opens into the renal pelvis. 4. [TA] SYN: conus arteriosus. 5. Termination … Medical dictionary
infundibulum neurohypophyseos — [TA] infundibulum of neurohypophysis: a hollow, funnel shaped mass in front of the tuber cinereum, which extends to the neurohypophysis. Called also i. of hypophysis or of hypothalamus, i. hypothalami, i. lobi posterioris hypophyseos [TA… … Medical dictionary
recess — A small hollow or indentation. SYN: recessus [TA]. [L. recessus] anterior r. a circumscript deepening of the interpeduncular fossa in the direction of the mamillary bodies. SYN: recessus anterior [TA]. anterior r. of tympanic … Medical dictionary
diaphragma sellae — di·a·phrag·ma sel·lae .dī ə frag mə sel .ī, .ē n a small horizontal fold of the dura mater that roofs over the sella turcica and is pierced by a small opening for the infundibulum * * * [TA] sellar diaphragm: a ring shaped fold of dura mater… … Medical dictionary
recessus infundibuli — [TA] infundibular recess: a funnel shaped depression in the floor of the third ventricle of the brain, immediately caudal to the optic chiasm and within the infundibulum of the hypophysis. Called also r. infundibularis [TA alternative] … Medical dictionary
sinus intercavernosus anterior — [TA] the anterior of the two sinuses of the dura mater connecting the two cavernous sinuses, passing anterior to the infundibulum of the hypophysis … Medical dictionary
sinus intercavernosus posterior — [TA] the posterior of the two sinuses of the dura mater connecting the two cavernous sinuses, passing posterior to the infundibulum of the hypophysis … Medical dictionary
Hypothalamus — The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst. * * * The ventral and medial region of the diencephalon forming the walls of the ventral half of the third ventricle; it is delineated from the thalamus by the hypothalamic … Medical dictionary
Pituitary gland — The main endocrine gland. It is a small structure in the head. It is called the master gland because it produces hormones that control other glands and many body functions including growth. The pituitary consists of the anterior and posterior… … Medical dictionary
neurohypophysis — It is composed of the infundibulum and the nervous lobe of the hypophysis. SEE ALSO: pituitary gland. SYN: lobus nervosus [TA], lobus posterior hypophyseos, pars nervosa hypophyseos, nervous lobe, neural part of hypophysis, posterior lobe of… … Medical dictionary
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
