Card 11 / 20: What is the tuberoinfundibular tract?
A.)
A tract carrying releasing hormones.
B.)
A tract carrying ADH and Oxytocin.
C.)
A tract carrying nerve impulses to the adenohypophysis.
D.)
A & B.
E.)
A, B & C.
Answer:
A.) A tract carrying releasing hormones.
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The tuberoinfundibular tract originates from the tuberal nuclei in the hypothalamus. Cells in these nuclei synthesize releasing hormones The tract ends in the median eminence, where the releasing hormones gain access to the hypothalamohypophyseal portal system. (The median eminence is shown here.)
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