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Which gland secretes vasopressin? What is its effect on body?

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Posterior pituitary gland secretes vasopressin. Its effects on the body are:

  1. It acts on the kidney increasing reabsorption of water from the kidneys tubules.
  2. It constricts blood vessels causing rise in blood pressure.

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