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