The pea-sized pituitary gland is composed of both anterior and posterior lobes; in adults, the vertical diameter is approximately 8mm, with the horizontal circumference found to be 12 millimeters ...

Disease in the hypothalamus can also adversely affect the function of the pituitary gland. Hypothalamic Hormones Abbr. Role Growth hormone-releasing hormone GHRH GHRH is a hypothalamic peptide that ...

The pituitary gland is often subdivided into the posterior and anterior pituitary glands. The posterior pituitary gland, which extends from axonal projections originating from the hypothalamus ...

The Pituitary Center offers: The pituitary gland lies at the base of the skull, between the brain and the paranasal sinuses. From this location, it serves a critical link between the brain and the ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...