Median eminence
| Median eminence | |
|---|---|
 Median eminence is 'ME', at bottom-center, in light-green | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | eminentia mediana hypothalami |
| MeSH | D008473 |
| NeuroNames | 402 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_925 |
| TA98 | A14.1.08.409 |
| TA2 | 5784 |
| FMA | 74634 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The median eminence is generally defined as the portion of the ventral hypothalamus from which the portal vessels arise.[1] The median eminence is a small swelling on the tuber cinereum, posterior to and atop the pituitary stalk; it lies in the area roughly bounded on its posterolateral region by the cerebral peduncles, and on its anterolateral region by the optic chiasm.
As one of the seven areas of the brain devoid of a
Physiology
The median eminence is a part of the hypothalamus from which regulatory hormones are released.
The median eminence is the structure where secretions of the hypothalamus (releasing and inhibiting regulatory hormones, known as "hypophysiotropic hormones") collect before entering the portal system emptying into the general circulation.
