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. Control of ovulation; proceedings of the conference held at Endicott House, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1960. Ovulation -- Regulation. Wf^^. Fig. 7. To illustrate the anatomical extent of the median eminence as seen on the base of the rabbit brain, (a) Base of brain of normal rabbit; (b) base of brain of rabbit hypophy- sectomized 6 hr before death. Hypophysectomy severs the hypophysial portal vessels. The primary plexus of these vessels in the median eminence therefore undergoes retrograde thrombosis and the median eminence may then be clearly seen as a hardened, plum-colored nodule. Anterior to
. Control of ovulation; proceedings of the conference held at Endicott House, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1960. Ovulation -- Regulation. Wf^^. Fig. 7. To illustrate the anatomical extent of the median eminence as seen on the base of the rabbit brain, (a) Base of brain of normal rabbit; (b) base of brain of rabbit hypophy- sectomized 6 hr before death. Hypophysectomy severs the hypophysial portal vessels. The primary plexus of these vessels in the median eminence therefore undergoes retrograde thrombosis and the median eminence may then be clearly seen as a hardened, plum-colored nodule. Anterior to the median eminence is the optic chiasma, and posterior is the mammillary body, the posterior perforated substance and the emergence of the oculomotor nerves from the midbrain. Scale in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University; Association for the Aid of Crippled Children; Villee, Claude Alvin, 1917-. New York, Symposium Publications Division, Pergamon Press
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