Pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is comprised of the adenophyophysis, which contains the pars distills and pars intermedia, and the neurohypophysis, which contains the pars nervosa and median eminence, The pituitary gland is attached to the hypothalamus by the infundibular stalk. Image from AF Wiechmann and CR Wirsig (2003) "Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology", (page 69, Chapter 7, Endocrine Organs: Figure 2). Copyright 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Reproduced with kind permission from Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
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