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Q: How long can you live without a thyroid gland and no hormone replacement and an enlarged pituitary gland?
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Why would a person have thyroid problems if his anterior pituitary gland was damaged?

Anterior pituitary secretes the hormone THS. That is thyroid stimulating hormone. In absence of the anterior pituitary the hormone is not secreted by the thyroid and you get the hypothyroidism.


What pituitary hormone is TSH?

thyrotropic hormone or thyroid stimulating hormone which is involved in regulating the growth and activity of the thyroid gland


Where is TSH found?

Thyroid secretion hormone is secreted by the thyrotrope cells in d anterior pituitary gland


What produces Thyroid stimulating hormone?

The hormone called as thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates the production of the thyroid hormone. It comes from anterior lobe of the pituitary. There is negative feed back system to regulate the hormone production in your body.


Where is thyroid stimulating hormone synthesized?

Anterior Pituitary


Is pituitary gland related to hypothyroidism?

The thyroid gland is involved in hypothyroidism. Not enough thyroid hormone is being produced. The pituitary gland prduces thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and so is related to hypothyroidism.


How many hormones does the pituitary gland secrete?

Anterior pituitary secretes the growth hormone. Thyroid stimulating hormone, prolactin, ACTH or adrenocorticotrophic hormone, Follicle stimulating hormone, Leutenizing hormone, melanocyte stimulating hormone etc are secreted by anterior pituitary gland.


What organ secrets thyroid-stimulating hormone?

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is stimulated by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.


What anterior pituitary hormone stimulates the thryoid?

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulates the thyroid. It's also known as thyrotropin.


What does the anterior pituitary gland influence?

Anterior Pituitary secretes Growth hormone,Thyroid stimulating hormone for Thyroid gland,Prolactin to secrete milk to the baby suckling milk, Adrenocorticotrophic hormone to adrenal cortex,Follicle stimulating hormone and Leutenizing hormone to ovary.


What do cells in the thyroid gland respond to?

Thyroid stimulating hormone, released from the anterior pituitary gland.


Which hormone secreted by the pituitary gland causes the thyroid gland to release thyroid hormones?

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