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The pituitary gland is a small oval-shaped endocrine gland at the base of the brain, in the sella turcica, a depression in the body of the sphenoid bone. The pituitary gland is divided into two lobes. The anterior pituitary comprises glandular cells, while the posterior pituitary is a hypothalamic extension that primarily contains neurons.

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