Infundibular recess

Infundibular recess

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Latin = recessus infundibuli
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Caption = Median sagittal section of brain of human embryo of three months. (Recessus infundibuli visible labeled at bottom left.)


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The floor of the third ventricle is prolonged downward as a funnel-shaped recess, the infundibular recess, into the infundibulum, and to the apex of the latter the hypophysis is attached.


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