What would happen to the secretion of pituitary hormones if the portal system were damaged?

Q: Which of the following is not a correct pair? (a) neurohormone; insect brain hormone (b) calcium;…

A: Hormones are the chemical messengers that gets secreted into blood directly and gets carried to body…

Q: Which of the following are target tissues of the hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary gland?…

A: Endocrine gland is a type of gland that is involved in release of secretion into blood as they do…

Q: What is the pituitary gland? What is its important role?

A: The pituitary gland can be defined as the small, oval-shaped gland present attached to the…

Q: Which of the following statements about hormone secretion apply to the anterior pituitary gland?   A…

A: The endocrine glands are the ductless glands that release hormones in the blood. These glands are…

Q: The pituitary gland is often referred to as the master gland. Set aside the fact that this term is…

A: The pituitary gland is a peanut-sized gland situated at the bottom of the brain in a bony structure…

Q: Which of the following endocrine dysregulation contributes to PSTD? a.) An abnormally low level of…

A: PTSD  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in some people after experiencing a shocking,…

Q: Thyroid stimulating hormone is released by cells in the _______, and regulates the release of…

A: There are many types of endocrine signaling in the body, which plays different functions in…

Q: In what respect is the pituitary gland actually two glands?

A: Control and coordination are carried out by the nervous and endocrine systems in our body. The…

Q: Which of the following target tissues is incapable of producing steroidal hormones? 1)  Testis 2)…

A: Steroidal Hormones: A steroid hormone is a steroid that has hormone-like properties. Two groups of…

Q: The hypothalamic-pituitary portal is categorized as the "local bloodstream." How does this compare…

A: The hypothalamus and pituitary gland both are very important endocrine glands in our body that…

Q: Which part of the pituitary—anterior or posterior—is neural tissue, similar to the hypothalamus?…

A: The pitutary gland also called as the master gland consists of two lobes that arise from distinct…

Q: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulates the release of (a) thyroid hormones by the…

A: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is formed in the corticotroph of anterior pituitary gland. They…

Q: Name the hormones the adrenal medulla secretes.

A: A hormone is a chemical messenger that is secreted or released into the blood by the specific organ…

Q: Which of the following can regulate the release of hormone from an endocrine tissue? a)…

A: The endocrine glands are glands that synthesize and secrete hormones. Hormones are substances that…

Q: Which of the followings best describe hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

A: The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis or the HPA axis or HTPA axis is a complex set of direct…

Q: How does the hypothalamus control the release of hormones from the anterior pituitary?

A: Hypothalamus:                 A part of brain that has a vital role in controlling many bodily…

Q: What are the two hormones released from the posterior pituitary?     a. mineralocorticoid and…

A: The two hormones released from the posterior pituitary is oxyocin and vasopressin. The Posterior…

Q: Hormones can be released into the blood ... a) ... in large quantities in response to stimuli. b)…

A: Ans- A  Explanation- Hormones are the molecules that are released from the endocrine glands into the…

Q: Explain about pituitary gland ? Does it produce harmones ?

A: The endocrine system and hormones with diffused cells placed in different parts of the body…

Q: How do the mechanisms that regulate the anterior and posterior regions of the pituitary gland…

A: The pituitary organ is a little pea-sized organ. It assumes a significant part in controlling…

Q: In what sense does the pituitary “take orders” from the target organs under its command?

A: The target organ regulates the pituitary through feedback loops, both positive and negative, most…

Q: When we perceive a stressful event or situation, our brain enhances our initial stress response by…

A: When we perceive a stressful event or situation, our brain enhances our initial stress response by…

Q: During an in vitro experiment, it is found that glucocorticoids inhibit the growth of all neural…

A: Chromaffin cells are unique types of neurons. In the adrenal medulla, they might be found. As a…

Q: What is the major function of the Posterior pituitary?

A: The posterior pituitary or neurohypophysis is the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland which is a…

Q: Name the various parts of pituitary glands.

A: The pituitary gland is a tiny endocrine gland that sits in the sella turcica which is a bony hollow…

Q: The endocrine system encompasses several different glands and hormones. After reading about the…

A: The endocrine system collaborates with the neurological system to keep the body in a state of…

Q: How do tropic hormones know which endocrine gland to impact? a) Specific receptors found on the…

A: The hormones that are produced and released from the anterior lobe of pituitary (adenohypophysis)…

Q: Identify a true statement about the pituitary gland.   Multiple Choice   The pituitary gland…

A: Introduction A gland is a group of cells or an organ that secretes a substance such as hormones,…

Q: Which pituitary hormone is represented by the abbreviation ADH? A Antidiuretic hormone B Adrenal…

A: Hormones are chemical messenger that stimulates the activity of specific target cells which have…

Q: What is the difference between long-loop and short-loop negativefeedback in the…

A: To explain: To explain the difference between long-loop and short-loop negative feedback in the…

Q: Classify the following hormones into whether they are produced by the hypothalamus or the anterior…

A: Endocrine gland is a type of gland which liberate its secretion/ material into the blood as they do…

Q: What effect would elevated circulating levels of corti- sol, a hormone from the adrenal cortex, have…

A: Hormones are chemical messengers released by several organs of the body that affect the activity of…

Q: Checklist of terminology: o Supraoptic nucleus O Paraventricular nucleus vasopressin-synthesizing…

A: The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland (ductless gland), also known as hypophysis. It is the size…