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Pars tuberalis



Pars tuberalis
Pituitary gland. (Most of the orange region is "pars distalis", but the part at the top is "pars tuberalis".)
Latin pars tuberalis adenohypophyseos
Gray's subject #275 1275
Dorlands/Elsevier p_07/12618120

The pars tuberalis is part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, and wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath.


Histology

Prinicipal cells of the pars tuberalis are low columnar in form, with the cytoplasm containing numerous lipid droplets, glycogen granules, and occasional colloid droplets. A sparse population of functional gonadotrophs are present(indicated by immunoreactivity for ACTH, FSH, and LH)[1].


References

  1. ^ Ross, Michael. Histology: A Text and Atlas. 5th ed., 2006. pp 695

It is an extension of the pars distalis up and around infundibulum.

 
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