If the information on this page can help prevent the loss of a sheep to bloat, it will have been worth my time to put this information here. In the simplest of explanations, bloat is an excess of gases in the rumen of sheep. But it should always be considered an emergency situation.
atrial natriuretic peptide. noun. Medical Definition of atrial natriuretic peptide. : a peptide hormone secreted by myocytes of the cardiac atria that in pharmacological doses promotes salt and water excretion and lowers blood pressureâabbreviation ANP; called also atrial natriuretic factor, atriopeptin.
ANP is produced, stored and released by cardiac. myocytes of the atria of the heart. It is released in. response to atrial stretch and a variety of other. signals induced by hypervolemia, exercise or caloric. restriction (Widmaier et al., 2008). The hormone is. constitutively expressed in the ventricle in response.