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Herring_body

Herring body

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Noun

Herring body ‎(plural Herring bodies)

  1. (anatomy) A neurosecretory structure found in the posterior pituitary, where hormones are temporarily stored. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus.

Etymology

They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.

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