The Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus - Anatomy

pituitary gland Pituitary disorders generally occur when the pituitary gland is either too active or not active enough Often there is a discrete piece of

The pituitary gland is situated within the middle cranial fossa of the skull base It is protected within a small depression in the sphenoid pituitary gland The pituitary gland is entirely ectodermal in origin but is composed of 2 functionally distinct structures that differ in embryologic