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Pituitary Gland Hormones and How They're Regulated

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Please list all the hormones produced or secreted by the pituitary gland and describe how those hormones are regulated.

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The solution is comprised of a 250-word discussion of the various hormones associated with the pituitary gland and how they function.

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Consider the following regulatory mechanism of the pituitary:

The pituitary gland is firstly, split into two main sections: the anterior pituitary and the posterior. Secretions in the two are different, and so is regulation to an extent.

The anterior pituitary receives endocrine regulators from the hypothalamus of the brain which then stimulates the ...

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