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pars intermedia of adenohypophysis

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The thin boundary between the adenohypophysis and neurohypophysis of the pituitary that produces melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH); this area is small or absent in mammalian adults. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith MP:0008130 ]

Synonyms: pars intermedia of anterior lobe of pituitary gland, pars intermedia, pars intermedia adenohypophysis, intermediate lobe of pituitary, intermediate lobe of adenohypophysis, pars intermedia (glandula pituitaria)

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000003

It (the hypophysis) develops embryonically in all vertebrates from two ectodermal evaginations that meet and unite. An infundibulum grows ventrally from the diencephalon of the brain, and Rathke's pouch extends dorsally from the roof of the developing mouth, or stomodaeum. The infundibulum remains connected to the floor of the diencephalon, which becomes the hypothalamus, and gives rise to the part of the gland known as the neurohypophysis. (...) Rathke's pouch loses its connection with the stomodaeum in most adult vertebrates and gives rise to the rest of the gland, the adenohypophysis. (...) A well-developed hypophyseal system with functional connections to the hypothalamus is unique to craniates.[well established][VHOG]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gray1181.png

has related synonym

pars intermedia adenohypophyseos, pars intermedia lobi anterior hypophyseos, intermediate lobe

id

UBERON:0002432

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8782

prefLabel

pars intermedia of adenohypophysis, Pars intermedia of adenohypophysis

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569