Posterior Pituitary (PP)

Question 1

Posterior Pituitary

Answer 1

Extension of the hypothalamus, neurosecretory cells from hypothalamus send axons all the way to PP where ADH and oxytocin are released

Question 2

ADH

Answer 2

Antidiuretic hormone, causes kidney to conserve water

Question 3

Oxytocin

Answer 3

Secreted during nursing and labor, secreted when baby nurses producing milk (“milk letdown”), stretching of cervix during labor causes secretion causing uterine contractions

Question 4

Prolactin

Answer 4

Produced by A. Pit, controlled by prolac inhibitory hormone, stimulates milk production, cutting the pituitary stalk causes it to increase