Pituitary Gland Anatomy and Hormones Quiz

Which pituitary gland is derived from a downgrowth of nervous tissue from the hypothalamus?

Where is oxytocin synthesized in the body?

What percentage of the anterior pituitary do mammotrophs make up?

How do ADH and oxytocin travel to the posterior pituitary?

Which pituitary gland arises as an epithelial upgrowth from Rathke's pouch?

Which area of the gland do somatotrophs mainly predominate?

What is the specialized glandular epithelium that wraps around the anterior aspect of the posterior pituitary called?

How is the release of posterior pituitary hormones controlled?

What is the function of prolactin?

Which pituitary gland secretes antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin?

Which hormone secretion is under the inhibitory control of dopamine?

The anterior and posterior pituitary have different embryological origins.
The posterior pituitary is derived from a downgrowth of nervous tissue from the hypothalamus.
The anterior pituitary arises as an epithelial upgrowth from Rathke's pouch.
The adenohypophysis is the specialized glandular epithelium that wraps around the anterior aspect of the posterior pituitary.
The posterior pituitary secretes antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin, while the anterior pituitary secretes various hormones controlled by releasing hormones.
ADH and oxytocin are synthesized in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary.
Posterior pituitary hormone release is controlled directly by nervous impulses from the hypothalamus.
Anterior pituitary hormone release is controlled by specific hypothalamic releasing hormones.
Prolactin secretion is under the inhibitory control of dopamine, and growth hormone secretion is controlled by both releasing and inhibitory hormones.
The pars intermedia synthesizes and secretes melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), but its physiological importance and control of secretion are poorly understood in humans.