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Anterior Pituitary Hormone Regulation

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What type of molecules regulate the hormones of the anterior pituitary?

Neuropeptides (correct)

Proteins

Amino acids

Steroids

What are the two types of factors that regulate the hormones of the anterior pituitary?

Enhancing and suppressing

Promoting and depressing

Releasing and inhibiting (correct)

Stimulating and inhibiting

What is the primary function of the releasing factors or hormones in the anterior pituitary?

To stimulate hormone production (correct)

To regulate hormone distribution

To inhibit hormone production

To destroy excess hormones

What is the main difference between releasing and inhibiting factors or hormones?

Their function in hormone regulation Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the inhibiting factors or hormones in the anterior pituitary?

To inhibit hormone production Signup and view all the answers

Where are the gonadotropins produced?

The anterior pituitary Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT produced by the anterior pituitary?

Insulin Signup and view all the answers

What is another name for the anterior pituitary hormones that stimulate gonadal function?

Gonadotropins Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of gonadotropins produced by the anterior pituitary?

FSH and LH Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of gonadotropins FSH and LH?

To stimulate gonadal function Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic that differentiates the hormones of the posterior lobe from the anterior lobe?

Their mechanism of regulation Signup and view all the answers

What is unique about the regulation of hormones of the posterior pituitary lobe?

They are not regulated by releasing hormones Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about vasopressin and oxytocin?

They are produced in the posterior pituitary Signup and view all the answers

What can be said about the regulation of vasopressin and oxytocin?