Assertion: anterior pituitary's hormone | /r/CapableOf | enter the hypophyseal portal system
Facets:
value: to act on specific cell types
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: These hormones enter the hypophyseal portal system, a network of capillaries that connect the hypothalamus to the pituitary.
text: Sometimes referred to as the master gland, the pituitary is controlled by the neurosecretory neurons in the hypothalamus that produce small peptides called releasing hormones and releasing-inhibitory hormones that enter the hypophyseal portal system to act on specific cell types in the adenohypophysis.