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What are tropic hormones?
Explain the term ‘Tropic hormone’.
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Solution 1
The hormones secreted from anterior pituitary, that stimulate certain other endocrine glands, are called trophic hormones.
Solution 2
The term "tropic hormone" refers to those hormones which stimulate other endocrine glands to produce their specific hormone such as gonadotropic hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary and also stimulate gonads to produce certain hormones.
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