pars tuberalis of adenohypophysis

The pars tuberalis is part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, and wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the pars tuberalis of adenohypophysis is

The pars tuberalis is part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, and wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the pars tuberalis 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 tuberalis of adenohypophysis connects to

The atlas records 4 typed relationships for it, across 2 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 tuberalis 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 pars infundibularis of adenohypophysis, pars tuberalis, pars tuberalis (glandula pituitaria), pars tuberalis adenohypophysis, pars tuberalis of anterior lobe of pituitary gland and pars tuberalis adenohypophyseos. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002433, 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.

Questions

Where is the pars tuberalis 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 tuberalis of adenohypophysis connect to?

Part of: adenohypophysis and reproductive system.

Is the pars tuberalis 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.