- regulation, and pain relief. In humans, the
pituitary gland rests upon the
hypophyseal fossa of the
sphenoid bone, in the
center of the
middle cranial fossa...
- The
hypophyseal portal system is a
system of
blood vessels in the
microcirculation at the base of the brain,
connecting the
hypothalamus with the anterior...
- is
known as the
hypophyseal fossa (the "seat of the saddle"), and
contains the
pituitary gland (hypophysis). In
front of the
hypophyseal fossa is the tuberculum...
-
there they get into the
systemic circulation (and
partly back into the
hypophyseal portal system). In
addition to axons, the
posterior pituitary also contains...
- trench') is a
depression or hollow,
usually in a bone, such as the
hypophyseal fossa (the
depression in the
sphenoid bone). Some
examples include: In...
-
three portal systems, two venous: the
hepatic portal system and the
hypophyseal portal system; and one
arterial (one
capillary system between two arteries):...
- and its tributaries. The
other portal venous system in the body is the
hypophyseal portal system.
Large veins that are
considered part of the
portal venous...
- that
travel directly to the
anterior pituitary gland (the hypothalamo-
hypophyseal portal vessels).
Aside from
hypothalamic control of the
anterior pituitary...
-
three portal venous systems in the
human body; the
others being the
hypophyseal and
renal portal systems. The
portal vein is
usually formed by the confluence...
-
branches of the
ophthalmic segment are: the
ophthalmic artery the
superior hypophyseal artery The
communicating segment, or
terminal segment, or C7, of the...
