Development of the Hypophysis Cerebri (Pituitary Gland) and Adrenal Gland

What does the Rathke's pouch and infundibulum differentiate into?

Pars distalis, pars media, pars tuberalis

What forms when the neurohypophysis retains its connection with the hypothalamus?

Pars nervosa

What develops from the stromodeal ectoderm as a dorsal envagination, termed the Rathke's Pouch.

Adenohypophysis

What is the dual origin of the pituitary gland?

Adenohypophysis (anterior) and Neurohypophysis (posterior)

When the Rathke's pouch joins the infundibulum what does it lose its connection to?

Stomodeum

Where does the adrenal cortex develop from?

Intermediate mesoderm

What does the adrenal medulla (chromaffin cells) develop from?

Neural crest cells (ectoderm)

What develops as a ventral downgrowth from the floor of the diencephalon, the infundibulum?

Neurohypophysis