posterior pituitary gland

Noun posterior pituitary gland has 1 sense

• posterior pituitary gland(n = noun.body) neurohypophysis, pars nervosa, posterior pituitary - the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature;
is a kind of ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine gland
is a part of hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland
has parts: pars intermedia