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hypothalamic–pituitary portal system

hypothalamic–pituitary portal system

a system of blood capillaries that transports releasing hormones from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary. Also called hypothalamic–hypophyseal portal system. See also hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.

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