gomitoli /go·mit·o·li/ (go-mit´o-li) a network of capillaries in the upper infundibular stem (of the hypothalamus) that surround terminal arterioles of the superior hypophyseal arteries and that lead into portal veins to the adenohypophysis.
go·mit·o·li (g -m t  -l )pl.n. Intricately coiled capillary vessels present largely in the upper infundibular stem of the stalk of the pituitary gland and comprising a portion of the pituitary portal circulation. |
gomitoli
a network of capillaries in the upper infundibular stem (of the hypothalamus), which surrounds terminal arterioles of the superior hypophyseal arteries and leads into the portal veins to the adenohypophysis.
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