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Correct Answer: Herring bodies
Description: (A) Herring bodies ,# An interesting histologic feature of the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS is the presence of Herring bodies.> When viewed with an electron microscope, these are dilated areas or bulges in the terminal portion of axons that contain clusters of neurosecretory granules> The granules contain oxytocin or antidiuretic hormone, along with their associated neurophysins.> Herring bodies often are seen in association with capillaries.> They are somewhat difficult to identify unambiguously by light microscopy; in the image to the right, the label might better say ' probable Herring bodies".
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