See Also: pars infundibularis(medicine)
pars(2)(dictionary)
pars(1)(dictionary)
pars(medicine)
pars inferior(medicine)
pars parasympathica(medicine)
pars pelvina(medicine)
pars peripherica(medicine)
pars perpendicularis(medicine)
pars infrasegmentalis(medicine)

rotal (iou) and pars infundibularis (medicine)


rotal (iou)



rotal adjective. M17.
[from ROTA + -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to a wheel or wheels. rare. M17.
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Rota. E20.

pars infundibularis (medicine)


pars infundibularis -->
pars tuberalis
<anatomy> The upward extension of the anterior lobe that wraps around the infundibular stalk; its cells, mostly gonadotropic, are arranged in cords and clusters; it is supplied by the superior hypophyseal arteries and contains the first capillary bed and the venules of a portal system that carries neurosecretory factors from the hypothalamus to a second capillary bed in the adenohypophysis where they regulate the release of hormones.

See: hypophysis.

Synonym: infundibular part, pars infundibularis.