Question
Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland?
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Antidiuretic hormone
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Luteinizing hormone
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Prolactin
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Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Solution
A.
Antidiuretic hormone
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) or vasopressin is a peptide hormone synthesised in the hypothalamus, but stored and released from the posterior pituitary lobe.
