English Explanatory Dictionary

Herring body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Herring body Herring bodies

Etymology

They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.

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