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प्रश्न
What is adenohypophysis?
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उत्तर
- It is an outgrowth from the roof of the buccal cavity. This outgrowth is called Rathke’s pouch. It grows upwards towards the brain.
- It is the larger lobe of the pituitary gland. It is a highly cellular and vascular part of the pituitary gland. It contains various types of epitheloid secretory cells, acidophils, basophils, chromatophores.
- It is further divided into three parts - Pars distalis, pars tuberalis, and pars intermedia. Pars intermedia is poorly developed in human beings.
- It is a small reduced part lying in the cleft between the anterior and posterior lobe.
- It secretes Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH) in some lower vertebrates. MSH stimulates the dispersion of melanin granules in melanocytes and is responsible for skin pigmentation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
| Hormones | Target gland |
| Hypothalamic hormones | ______ |
The diagram give below represents an endocrine gland in the human body. Study the diagram and answer the following questions:
Why is the above gland referred to as the ‘Master gland’?
Name the following:
Growth hormone
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Responsible for normal growth of the whole body
Given below are two diagrams (one is correct, the other one is somewhat incorrect) showing the transport of a hormone from its source gland/cell to the target organ/cell.
What is the error?
The pituitary is called the master gland.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
The alpha cells of the pancreas secrete insulin.
What is the hormone responsible for the secretion of milk in females after childbirth?
State the names of hormones and glands secreting them:
Controls tubular absorption of water in the kidney.
Name the following:
Two hormones secreted from posterior pituitary.
