Preferred Label : median eminence of neurohypophysis;
Uberon definition : Elevation on the ventral surface of the brain located at the zone of attachment between
the hypothalamic floor and the hypophysis (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate
Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg. 446).;
Uberon synonym : median eminence of hypothalamus; median eminence; median eminence of tuber cinereum; median eminence of posterior lobe of pituitary gland;
Uberon related term : medial eminence;
Uberon broad term : ME;
Uberon Homology note : 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];
Origin ID : 0002197;
UMLS CUI : C0025056;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Elevation on the ventral surface of the brain located at the zone of attachment between
the hypothalamic floor and the hypophysis (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate
Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg. 446).
