What is the relationship of hypothalamus and pituitary gland?

Answer 1

In basic terms, the hypothalamus is the control centre monitering various inputs. The pituitary gland is responsible for excreting various hormones in response to different changes in homeostatis that are monitered by the hypothalamus

Answer 2

the hypothalamus manufactures the hormones for the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and send them down the axon from the cell bodies to be secreted into the blood while the anterior pituitary gland receives its instructions on what hormones to make by releasing factors in the hypothalamus

Answer 3

Hypothalamus and pituitary are functionally closely related to each other. Hypothalamus is situates in lower part of brain and pituitary is situated in pituitary Fosse or sella turcica. There is portal circulation( Capillaries united to form vein and vein again divide into capillaries and again unite to form a vein ) between both of them. Hypothalamus is connected to the brain by neurons and with pituitary with various regulatory hormones and neurons also. Pituitary is mater gland secreting many hormones controlling other hormone producing glands with negative feed back and also growth hormone. ( We get growth hormone extracted from human dead body's pituitary !)

Answer 4

Hypothalamus has direct control over the pituitary gland. So many releasing factors are secreted by hypothalamus to pituitary gland. You have portal circulation between hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. So the releasing factors are directly poured to pituitary gland. Hypothalamus is affected by the brain. So you have indirect control over the pituitary gland.