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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

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eminence, Medial
  • Eminences, Medial
  • Eminentia Mediana
  • Eminentia Medianas
  • Medial Eminence
  • Medial Eminences
  • Mediana, Eminentia
  • Medianas, Eminentia

Note

  • diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 83(75); was see under HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM 1974-82

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008473

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