nervous lobe of hypophysis

ner·vous lobe of hy·poph·y·sis

(nĕr'vŭs lōb hī-pof'i-sis) The bulbous part of the neurohypophysis attached to the hypothalamus by the infundibulum. It is composed of pituicytes, blood vessels, and terminals of nerve fibers from the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei.