Term Name: | pituitary stalk |
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Synonyms: | hypophyseal infundibulum, hypophyseal stalk, hypophysial stalk, InfS, infundibular stalk, infundibular stem, infundibular stem of neurohypophysis, infundibulum neurohypophyseos, infundibulum of hypothalamus, infundibulum of posterior lobe of pituitary gland, pars tuberalis (hypophysis), pituitary infundibular stalk, THP, tuberal part of the hypophysis |
Definition: | the apical portion of the tubular structure extending from the hypothalamus to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002434] |