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The gland that is not technically a part of the brain but is attached to the brain via infundibulum?
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What is the gland that is attached to the brain by the infundibulum?
the pituitary gland.
To what specific part of the brain does the infundibulum connect to the pituitary gland?
The infundibulum connects the hypothalamus of the brain to the pituitary gland.
Which gland is located at the base of the brain in a depression of the skull?
It is the Pituitary Gland. The Pituitary gland is a major endocrine gland that is connected to the hypothalamus via the infundibulum.
What structure connects the pituitary gland to the underside of the brain?
The infundibulum is the structure that connects the pituitary gland to the rest of the brain. Although sufficient support of the pituitary gland is provided by the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone.
What is the stalk of pituitary gland?
The infundibulum.
Which endocrine gland that is composed of an anterior and posterior lobes hangs from the infundibulum below the hypothalamus?
The pituitary gland hangs from a stalk from the inferior surface of the hypothalamus of the brain.
Infundibulum connects the hypothalamus to what?
pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is attached to the hypothalamus by the?
It's called Pituitary Stalk, pituitary is sometimes called the hypophysis.Please see related link below!
What is the link of the pituitary gland and body tissue?
The pituitary is linked to the brain by the infundibulum of the hypothalamus. It exerts its regulatory effects on the rest of the body by releasing tropic hormones into the blood.
What are two aways the hypothalamus sends mesasge to the pituitary glands?
for the anterior pituitary gland it is through the blood capillaries located in the infundibulum and for the posterior pituitary gland it is through the axons in the neurons running through the infundibulum
What connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?
the infundibulum connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland, its like a stem. for the posterior lobe (neurohypophysis) is linked by neurons while the anterior lobe is linked by a complex network of blood capillaries it's the spinal column
What is the plural of pituitary?
Pituitaries, technically, but it would mostly be "pituitary glands" since everything pituitary has to do with the pituitary gland, which is part of the brain.
