Posterior Pituitary

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PP
Pronunciation
/ˌpɔˈstɪrjər pɪˈtuɪˌtɛri/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. In all five patients, the posterior pituitary gland ( bright spot ) disappeared on T1-weighted MRI images.
  2. Objective : To compare Sengstaken-Blackmore tube plus posterior pituitary to somatostatin for the treatment of large hemorrhage due to cirrhosis with esophageal and fundal varices.
  3. Objective To observe the antagonism of Tongxinluo Capsules on rat myocardial ischemia induced by posterior pituitary hormones.
  4. Relationship between the oxytocin-like neurons of the hypothalamus and its adjacent area and the posterior pituitary in the rat
  5. Vasopressin is a hormone secreted from the posterior pituitary and regulates water excretion from the kidney by increasing water permeability of the collecting duct.

Other meanings of PP