Name and describe the characteristics and functions of the blood vessels that link the hypothalamus with the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
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The blood vessels of the hypophyseal portal system link the hypothalamus and the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Unusually permeable fenestrated capillary beds in each structure are connected by portal vessels. This arrangement ensures that hypothalamic regulatory hormones reach the "downstream" endocrine cells of the anterior lobe directly, before mixing with, and being diluted by, the general circulation.
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