paraventriculohypophysial tract
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fibrae paraventriculares — fibrae paraventriculohypophysiales [TA] paraventricular fibers: the efferent fiber components of the hypothalamicohypophysial tract that arise in the paraventricular nucleus and form the paraventriculohypophysial tract … Medical dictionary
tractus paraventriculohypophysialis — [TA] paraventriculohypophysial tract: the part of the hypothalamicohypophysial tract that arises in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; some of the fibers end in the infundibulum and others reach the neurohypophysis (posterior… … Medical dictionary
nucleus paraventricularis hypothalami — [TA] paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus: a sharply defined band of cells in the wall of the third ventricle in the anterior hypothalamic region; many of its cells are neurosecretory in function, secreting oxytocin, which is carried to the… … Medical dictionary
