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Preferred Name

Pituitary Stalk
Synonyms

Pituitary Stalk

Definitions

A hollow, funnel-shaped process of gray matter that connects the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland to the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C45912

code

C45912

DEFINITION

A hollow, funnel-shaped process of gray matter that connects the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland to the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus.

FULL_SYN

Pituitary Stalk

label

Pituitary Stalk

Legacy Concept Name

Pituitary_Stalk

Preferred_Name

Pituitary Stalk

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C45912

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0751440

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13031

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