- Pars tuberalis
Infobox Anatomy
Name = Pars tuberalis
Latin = pars tuberalis adenohypophyseos
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Caption = Pituitary gland. (Most of the orange region is "pars distalis", but the part at the top is "pars tuberalis".)
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The pars tuberalis is part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, and wraps thepituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath.Histology
Principal cells of the pars tuberalis are low columnar in form, with the cytoplasm containing numerous lipid droplets, glycogen granules, and occasional colloid droplets. A sparse population of functional gonadotrophs are present (indicated by immunoreactivity for ACTH, FSH, and LH) [Ross, Michael. Histology: A Text and Atlas. 5th ed., 2006. pp 695] .
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It is an extension of the pars distalis up and around infundibulum.
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