Chemical Coordination and Integration

Question

Which of the following is an accumulation and release centre of neurohormones?

  • Posterior pituitary lobe

  • Intermediate lobe of the pituitary

  • Hypothalamus

  • Anterior pituitary lobe

Answer

C.

Hypothalamus

Almost all secretion by the pituitary gland are controlled by hormonal signal from hypothalamus. The neurohormones are secreted and accumulated by hypothalamus.

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