POSTERIOR PITUITARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior pituitary mean? 

• POSTERIOR PITUITARY (noun)
  The noun POSTERIOR PITUITARY has 1 sense:

1. the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

  Familiarity information: POSTERIOR PITUITARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR PITUITARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neurohypophysis; pars nervosa; posterior pituitary; posterior pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("posterior pituitary" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Meronyms (parts of "posterior pituitary"):

pars intermedia (a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary)

Holonyms ("posterior pituitary" is a part of...):

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)

 Context examples 

It can arise from many anatomic sites including the posterior pituitary gland, skin, oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, heart, mediastinum, and breast.

(Granular Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Disorders of the anterior or posterior pituitary gland which usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of pituitary hormones.

(Pituitary Gland Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Arginine vasopressin is a posterior pituitary hormone which is synthesized in the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.

(Arginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II Preproprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

An artery arising from the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery that supplies the posterior pituitary gland.

(Inferior Hypophyseal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The neurosecretory granules containing antidiuretic hormone (ADH), oxytocin, ATP or neurophysin in the axon terminals of neurons projecting from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.

(Herring Body, NCI Thesaurus)

A funnel-shaped tube of grey matter and axons that connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.

(Brain Infundibulum, NCI Thesaurus)