pituitary stalk

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Introduction

Unpaired continuation of the hypothalamic infundibulum containing nerve tracts passing from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999