pars intermedia of adenohypophysis

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. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis is

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. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis is

It sits within the nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of adenohypophysis and reproductive system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as intermediate lobe of adenohypophysis, intermediate lobe of pituitary, pars intermedia, pars intermedia (glandula pituitaria), pars intermedia adenohypophysis and pars intermedia of anterior lobe of pituitary gland, and 3 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002432, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: adenohypophysis and reproductive system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and organ part.
• Adjacent to: neurohypophysis.
• contributes to morphology of: pituitary gland.

Questions

Where is the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis?

It sits within the nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis connect to?

Part of: adenohypophysis and reproductive system.

Is the pars intermedia of adenohypophysis the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.