The intermediate lobe is much bigger and quite variable between species.

The intermediate lobe seems to lose a significant amount of volume between childhood and adulthood.

Since this region is sometimes called the intermediate lobe, the hormone is named intermedin.

The intermediate lobe lies between the anterior and posterior lobes over the maxilla.

The posterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary are necessary for maintenance of the avoidance response once learned.

In general, the intermediate lobe tends to be well developed, and may equal the remainder of the anterior pituitary in size.

(In some animals, there is an intermediate lobe as well, but in man this is virtually absent.)

The intermediate lobe is, in general, not well developed in tetrapods, and is entirely absent in birds.

Chromophobe cells, also known as amphophils, are epithelial cells found in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary.

The intermediate lobe produces melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH).

The POMC gene is expressed in both the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary gland.

However, in humans, the intermediate lobe is but a few cell layers thick and indistinct; as a result, it is often considered part of the anterior pituitary.

The intermediate lobe produces melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), although this function is often (imprecisely) attributed to the anterior pituitary.

In humans, both the thyroid gland and the intermediate lobe (pars intermedia) of the pituitary gland contain colloid follicles.

This theory derives some support from the loss of volume to the intermediate lobe, which would be most directly involved in chewing and sucking, from infancy to adulthood.

Scuticaria salesiana presents more rounded intermediate lobe, and Scuticaria peruviana has it more rectangular, with the apex truncated, almost in a straight line.

Although rudimentary in humans (and often considered part of the anterior pituitary), the intermediate lobe located between the anterior and posterior pituitary is important to many animals.

Closely associated with the pouch are three distinct clusters of glandular tissue, corresponding to the intermediate lobe, and the rostral and proximal portions of the anterior pituitary.

There is an intermediate lobe, in adult humans it is just a thin layer of cells between the anterior and posterior pituitary, nearly indistinguishable from the anterior lobe.

The melanocyte-stimulating hormones (collectively referred to as MSH or intermedins) are a class of peptide hormones that are produced by cells in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland.

The secretory organs include the subcommissural organ (SCO), the posterior pituitary (also known as the neurohypophysis), the pineal gland, the median eminence and the intermediate lobe of the pituitary.