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  2. Posterior pituitary - Wikipedia

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    A few sources include the pars intermedia as part of the posterior lobe, but this is a minority view. It is based upon the gross anatomical separation of the posterior and anterior pituitary along the cystic remnants of Rathke's pouch, causing the pars intermedia to remain attached to the neurohypophysis.

  3. Anterior pituitary - Wikipedia

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    The anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis or pars anterior) is a major organ of the endocrine system.The anterior pituitary is the glandular, anterior lobe that together with the (posterior pituitary, or the neurohypophysis) makes up the pituitary gland (hypophysis) which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, protruding off the bottom of the hypothalamus.

  4. What Is an Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty? - AOL

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    What are the post-op instructions for the upper eyelid surgery? There will be blue stitches in the eyelid crease that will be removed 5 days after surgery. Burning sensation is normal for the ...

  5. Pituitary gland - Wikipedia

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    The anterior lobe of the pituitary can be divided into the pars tuberalis (pars infundibularis) and pars distalis (pars glandularis) that constitutes ~80% of the gland. The pars intermedia (the intermediate lobe) lies between the pars distalis and the pars tuberalis, and is rudimentary in the human, although in other species it is more ...

  6. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    East Asian blepharoplasty, also known as double eyelid surgery, is used to create a double eyelid crease for patients who have a single crease (monolid). Ptosis repair for droopy eyelid Ectropion repair [32] Entropion repair; Canthal resection A canthectomy is the surgical removal of tissue at the junction of the upper and lower eyelids. [33]

  7. Pituicyte - Wikipedia

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    Pituicytes are located in the pars nervosa of the posterior pituitary and interspersed with unmyelinated axons and Herring bodies.They generally stain dark purple with an H&E stain and are among the easiest structures to identify in the region.

  8. Rathke's pouch - Wikipedia

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    The anterior wall of Rathke's pouch proliferates, filling most of the pouch to form pars distalis and pars tuberalis. The posterior wall forms pars intermedia. In some organisms, the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch, leaving a remnant (Rathke's cleft) between the pars distalis and pars intermedia. This remnant ...

  9. Hypophyseal portal system - Wikipedia

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    The hypophyseal portal system is a system of blood vessels in the microcirculation at the base of the brain, connecting the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary.Its main function is to quickly transport and exchange hormones between the hypothalamus arcuate nucleus and anterior pituitary gland.