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pituicyte Histology.|pɪˈtjuːɪsaɪt|
[f. pituitary a. + -cyte.]
A small cell with branching processes that is the characteristic cell of the neurohypophysis.
1930P. C. Bucy in Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. L. 505 The pars nervosa is made up of a dense connective-tissue network containing nerve fibers which descend the stalk, epithelial cells which invade the pars nervosa from the pars intermedia for a short distance, and a type of cell which is peculiar to the neural portion of the hypophysis and which we have called the pituicyte. 1948Martin & Hynes Clin. Endocrinol. i. 2 The only specialized cells in the neural division are pituicytes. 1959Rowe & Wheble Conc. Textbk. Anat. & Physiol. xiii. 524 The posterior lobe is made up of large numbers of nerve fibres and a special type of cell known as pituicytes. 1975Daniel & Prichard Stud. Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland iii. 27 Pituicytes, or modified glial cells, are scattered throughout the tissue [of the upper infundibular stem]. |