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| Location of pituitary gland |
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| structure that supports the pituitary gland |
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| sella turcica of sphenoid bone |
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| attaches pituitary gland to hypothalamus |
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| vessels that surround pituitary gland |
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| two lobes of pituitary gland |
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| anterior pituitary gland and posterior pituitary gland |
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| another name for anterior pituitary gland |
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| another name for posterior pituitary gland |
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| glandular lobe of pituitary gland |
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| nervous lobe of pituitary gland |
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| produces hormones secreted by posterior pituitary gland |
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| hormones that control anterior pituitary gland |
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| releasing and inhibiting hormones |
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| cells that secrete inhibiting and releasing hormones |
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| neurosecretory cells of hypothalamus |
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| inhibiting and releasing hormones travel through |
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| hypophyseal portal system |
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| secretes human growth hormone |
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| somatotrophic cells of anterior pituitary gland |
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| target of human growth hormone |
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| bone, cartilage, muscle, liver |
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| effect of human growth hormone |
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| stimulates secretion of insulin-like growth factors in target cells |
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| effect of insulin-like growth factors |
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| cell growth and cell reproduction |
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| stimulates secretion of human growth hormone |
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| growth hormone releasing hormone |
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| inhibits human growth hormone secretion |
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| growth hormone inhibiting hormone |
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| secretes growth hormone releasing hormone |
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| secretes growth hormone inhibiting hormone |
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| determines secretion of growth hormone releasing hormone or growth hormone inhibiting hormone |
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| secreted during times of hypoglycemia |
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| growth hormone releasing hormone |
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| secreted during times of hyperglycemia |
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| growth hormone inhibiting hormone |
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| a disorder in which there is excess human growth hormone secretion after the epiphyseal plates have closed |
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| an excess of human growth hormone before epiphyseal plates have closed and the child is still growing |
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| secretes thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| thyrotrophic cells of anterior pituitary gland |
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| target of thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| effect of thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| stimulates thyroid hormone production in thyroid gland |
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| stimulates release of thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| thyrotropin releasing hormone |
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| secretes thyrotropin releasing hormone |
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| gonadotrophic cells of anterior pituitary gland |
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| gonads(ovaries or testes) |
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| function of gonadotropins |
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| regulate hormonal activity of gonads |
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| causes secretion of gonadotropins |
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| gonadotropin releasing hormone |
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| secretes gonadotropin releasing hormone |
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| two types of gonadotropins |
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| follicle stimulating hormone , luteinizing hormone |
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| lactotrophic cells of anterior pituitary gland |
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| mammary gland development and milk production |
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| inhibits prolactin secretion |
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| prolactin inhibiting hormone |
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| secretes prolactin inhibiting hormone |
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| secretes prolactin releasing hormone during pregnancy |
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| symptom of excessive secretion of prolactin |
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| secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| corticotrophic cells of anterior pituitary gland |
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| target of adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| effect of adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| causes adrenal glands to secrete glucocorticoids |
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| causes release of adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| corticotropin releasing hormone |
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| secretes corticotropin releasing hormone |
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| secretes melanocyte stimulating hormone |
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| corticotrophic cells of anterior pituitary |
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| target of melanocyte stimulating hormone |
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| effect of melanocyte stimulating hormone |
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| stimulates melanocyte activity |
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| stimulates secretion of melanocyte stimulating hormone |
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| corticotropin releasing hormone |
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| time when melanocyte stimulating hormone may be secreted |
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| suppresses melanocyte stimulating hormone |
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