Assertion: oxytocin | /r/HasProperty | secreted by posterior pituitary
Facets:
value: via the pituitary stalk
type: MANNER
value: in a spurting or pulsatile fashion
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Oxytocin is a nine-amino acid peptide that normally is produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary in a spurting or pulsatile fashion.
text: It is secreted into the posterior pituitary via the pituitary stalk which contains axons projecting from the hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells, and is finally released from the nerve terminals in response to appropriate and varied stimuli.
text: Oxytocin is a nano peptide hormone that is secreted by the posterior pituitary.