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Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Median Eminence
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Median Eminence
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Median Eminence
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Median Eminence
Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Circumventricular Organs > Median Eminence
Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Circumventricular Organs > Median Eminence

Preferred term

Median Eminence  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Raised area at the infundibular region of the HYPOTHALAMUS at the floor of the BRAIN, ventral to the THIRD VENTRICLE and adjacent to the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS. It contains the terminals of hypothalamic neurons and the capillary network of hypophyseal portal system, thus serving as a neuroendocrine link between the brain and the PITUITARY GLAND.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Eminentia Mediana
  • Medial Eminence

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GDM4B02M-W

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