hyPOOPthalamus Flashcards
Derived from 2 different embryological pouches
Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
Ectoderm cells on the roof of the developing pharynx that invaginate, forming Rathke’s pouch
Anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis)
Anterior pituitary
adenohypophysis
Anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) - ectoderm cells on the roof of the developing pharynx that invaginate, forming
Rathke’s Pouch
Anterior Pituitary contains what cells
glandular cells
glandular cells secrete hormones into
Circulation
Anterior pituitary is controlled by
Hypothalamus
Posterior pituitary
neurohypophysis
from an evagination of the floor of the developing ventricular system
Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
Contains axons and terminals of neurons whose cell bodies are located in the hypothalamus
Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
Posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis) secretes
oxytocin and vasopressin
Hypothalamus is part of
Diencephalon
Extends from region of optic chiasm to caudal border of mammillary bodies
Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus is located ___ thalamus
Below
Hypothalamus forms ___ part of the ___ walls of the lateral ventricle
inferior ; lateral
shallow groove on the wall of the 3rd ventricle
Hypothalamic sulcus
Forms wall and floor of the inferior portion of 3rd ventricle
Hypothalamus
Separated from thalamus by a shallow groove on the wall of the 3rd ventricle
Hypothalamic
Ventral surface of the hypothalamus is posterior to __
Optic Chiasm
“gray protuberance”; bulge between the optic chiasm and mammillary bodies
Tuber Cinerium
arises from tuber cinereum and continues inferiorly as pituitary stalk
Infundibulum
region where hypothalamic neurons release regulating factors that are carried by portal vessels to the anterior pituitary
Median Eminence
Lies within the pituitary fossa
Pituitary Gland
saddle shaped depression on the sphenoid bone that houses the pituitary gland
Sella turcica
beneath the floor of the sella turcica
Sphenoid sinus
dura covering the superior portion of the pituitary fossa; through which the pituitary stalk transverses
Diaphragma sella
Bound laterally by cavernosus sinus
Pituitary fossa