gomitoli

gomitoli

 [go-mit´o-li] a network of capillaries in the upper infundibular stem (of the hypothalamus), which surround terminal arterioles of the superior hypophyseal arteries and that lead into the portal veins to the adenohypophysis.

go·mit·o·li

(gō-mit'tō-lī), Intricately coiled and looped capillary vessels for the most part present in the upper infundibular stem of the stalk of the pituitary gland; they make up a portion of the pituitary portal circulation. [It. gomitolo, coil]

go·mit·o·li

(gō-mit'ō-lē) Intricately coiled and looped capillary vessels present largely in the upper infundibular stem of the stalk of the pituitary gland; they make up a portion of the pituitary portal circulation. [It. gomitolo, coil]