Herring body

短语

词形变化

Herring bodies 复数 Herring bodies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    医学

词源

They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.

来源:wiktionary