Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Synonyms
Gland, Posterior Pituitary
Infundibular Process
Infundibular Processes
Lobe, Neural
Lobes, Neural
Lobus Nervosus
Nervosus, Lobus
Neural Lobe
Neural Lobes
Neurohypophysis
Pars Nervosa of Pituitary
Pituitary Pars Nervosa
Pituitary Posterior Lobe
Posterior Lobe of Pituitary
Posterior Pituitary Gland
Posterior Pituitary Glands
Process, Infundibular
Processes, Infundibular
Neural tissue of the pituitary gland, also known as the neurohypophysis. It consists of the distal AXONS of neurons that produce VASOPRESSIN and OXYTOCIN in the SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS and the PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS. These axons travel down through the MEDIAN EMINENCE, the hypothalamic infundibulum of the PITUITARY STALK, to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.