Pituitary Pocket

The pituitary gland (Greek, “under the brain”) is a set of nerve formations lying at the base of the diencephalon, in the cranial cavity.

The pituitary gland consists of two lobes: anterior and posterior. In many animals, the upper border of the anterior pituitary gland is at the level of the sella turcica, separating it from the nasal cavity, and the posterior border is located at the base of the roof of the diencephalon. The anterior lobe is conical, the posterior lobe is oval. The base of the anterior lobe ends with a tubercle, the protrusion of which is called the sella turcica (substantia nuchae), while the base of the posterior lobe imperceptibly passes into the bottom of the third ventricle. The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is released from the midbrain and is connected to the bottom of the hypothalamic stalk; The suprasellar (supraturkish) and intrasellar (vturkish, or Turkish) parts are divided by the septum (septum medianum sellae cavernosae) into two sections. The first is connected to the nasal cavity and is part of the pituitary funnel and is used for air. And the second fills the sella turcica between the hypothaloma adjacent to the opening of the sella and the medial wall of the pterygoid bone, while merging with the hypothalamic posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Above the base of the hypo