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What is the function of Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus?
What is the function of Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus?
- Regulate the functions of the posterior pituitary
- Stimulate the pituitary synthesis and release of gonadotrophins (correct)
- Inhibit the synthesis of growth hormone
- Activate the release of somatostatin
What type of hormones are produced by the hypothalamus?
What type of hormones are produced by the hypothalamus?
- Neurosecretory and regulatory hormones
- Stimulating and suppressing hormones
- Releasing and inhibiting hormones (correct)
- Excitatory and inhibitory hormones
How do the hypothalamic hormones reach the pituitary gland?
How do the hypothalamic hormones reach the pituitary gland?
- By diffusion through brain tissue
- Via direct neural transmission
- Through the lymphatic system
- Through a portal circulatory system (correct)
How is the posterior pituitary regulated?
How is the posterior pituitary regulated?
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How does somatostatin from the hypothalamus affect the pituitary gland?
How does somatostatin from the hypothalamus affect the pituitary gland?
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