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 | | The infundibulum is in direct continuity with the infudibular stem of the posterior pituitary gland, and together with the pars tuberalis of the anterior pituitary, forms the pituitary stalk (Fig. |
 | | Two additional symmetric eminences, the lateral eminences, corresponding to the most lateral portion of the hypothalamic wall and the postinfundibular eminence, as well as the symmetric mammillary bodies, complete the macroscopic morphology of the hypothalamic floor. |
 | | The third ventricle makes up the core of the hypothalamus and extends into the pituitary (or infundibular) stalk, creating the infundibular recess. |
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