Posterior Pituitary
Key Facts
Abbreviation
PP
Pronunciation
/ˌpɔˈstɪrjər pɪˈtuɪˌtɛri/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine
Examples in Context
- In all five patients, the posterior pituitary gland ( bright spot ) disappeared on T1-weighted MRI images.
- 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.
- Objective To observe the antagonism of Tongxinluo Capsules on rat myocardial ischemia induced by posterior pituitary hormones.
- Relationship between the oxytocin-like neurons of the hypothalamus and its adjacent area and the posterior pituitary in the rat
- 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
Pelagra Preventing
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Poor Practice
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Programming Project
Computing
Pistole Polizei
Gov
Poor Planning
Gov
Post Partum
Medical
Private Part
Medical
Pet Partners
Community
Pianissimo
Community
Pocket Pair
Misc