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What is an anterior pituitary?
An anterior pituitary is a an alternative name for an adenohypophysis, the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
What gland contains the anterior pituitary?
The anterior pituitary is controlled by the hypothalamus, which releases hormones that stimulate the anterior pituitary to release its own hormones. The anterior pituitary itself is not contained within a particular gland, but is connected to the hypothalamus via the pituitary stalk.
Can the hypothalamus function without the pituitary?
No, because the hypothalamus manufactures the hormones for the posterior pituitary gland and it sends the instructions for the anterior pituitary gland to produce hormones.
What gland secretes growth hormones?
anterior pituitary (lobe)
Where does the growth hormone synthesize?
It is synthesized in pituitary. It is the anterior pituitary.
What is another word for the anterior pituitary?
Ventral pituitary :)... Adenohypophesis is another name for anterior pituitary. Neurohypophesis is another name for posterior pituitary. :)
What gland secretes prolactin?
Oxytocin, also knwon as the "cuddle hormone" is produced in hypothalamic neurons.
What is the function of the neurohypophysis?
Regulate the secretions of the anterior pituitary and, by this means, regulate the secretions of other endocrine glands
Name the master of the anterior pituitary gland?
The master of the anterior pituitary gland is the hypothalamus. It secretes releasing and inhibiting hormones that control the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary gland.
What is the growth hormones function in the pituitary gland?
It is made by the anterior pituitary gland and it doesn't have any function there. It acts on tissue away from the gland. Growth Hormone affects bones & muscles to produce growth.
What pair of hormones are not synthesized in the anterior pituitary gland?
ADH or anti-diuretic hormone and oxytocin are synthesized by posterior pituitary and not anterior pituitary gland.
Is GnRH's target organ the pituitary gland?
The answer is Anterior Pituitary
