pituitary gland (adenophypophysis) 08/10/22

Question 1

anterior pituitary

Answer 1

adenohypophysis

Question 2

posterior pituitary

Answer 2

neurohypophysis

Question 3

prolactin is responsible for

Answer 3

1. production of milk by mammary gland
2. oxytocin– let down of milk
3. dopamine inhibits the productions of milk in women who are not pregnant

Question 4

thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates

Answer 4

thyroid gland to produce T3 and T4

Question 5

adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulates

Answer 5

adrenal cortex to produce glucocorticoids

Question 6

follicle stimulating hormone stimulates

Answer 6

testes and ovaries

Question 7

melanocyte stimulating hormone is only active in

Answer 7

babies and small children not so much in adulthood

Question 8

what produces melanocyte stimulating hormone

Answer 8

pars intermedia

small area between pars distalis and posterior pituitary lobe

Question 9

what produces 
  growth hormone
  prolactin
  thyroid stimulating hormone
  adrenocorticotropic hormone
  luteinizing hormone

Answer 9

parsdistalis

biggest area

Question 10

in the posterior pituitary

Answer 10

ADH + oxytocin brought by 
axoplasmic transport (axons of neurons)

Question 11

in the posterior pituitary the hypothalamus brings the regulatory hormones to the

Answer 11

anterior pituitary

Question 12

in the posterior pituitary how does the hypothalamus bring the regulatory hormones to the anterior pituitary

Answer 12

it is brought by the Hypophyseal portal system

Question 13

the hypophyseal portal system is a

Answer 13

single blood vessel

Question 14

in the liver, the portal system is called

Answer 14

the hepatic portal system

Question 15

the hypophyseal portal system has what on each end of the single blood vessel

Answer 15

capillaries

capillaries—————————————-capillaries
single blood vessel