| posterior pituitary |
the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature
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| posterior pituitary hormone |
One of the hormones secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary, including vasopressin, which produces vasopressor and antidiuretic effects, and oxytocin, which stimulates contraction of smooth muscle of the uteru
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| posterior pituitary injection |
A standard preparation of the polypeptide hormones obtained from the posterior lobe of the pituitary body of healthy domestic animals.
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| posterior pituitary h.’s |
the hormones released from the neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary), which are formed in the neuronal cells of the hypothalamic nuclei and stored in nerve cell endings in the neurohypophysis. The principal ones are vasopressin and oxytocin. Called also neurohypophysial h's.
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