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This is the correct answer. Basophils consist of gonadotrophs that produce follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), corticotrophs which produce adrenal corticotropic hormone (ACTH), and thyrotrophs which produce thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).
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Basophils in pars distalis
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This is not the correct answer. The posterior lobe (neurohypophysis) of the pituitary gland consists of the pars nervosa and the infundibulum. The infundibulum is continuous with the median eminence located at the base of the hypothalamus, where neurosecretory cells release hypothalamic-releasing hormones into the portal capillary bed for transport to the anterior pituitary.
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Neurosecretory cells in the median eminence
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This is not the correct answer. Corticotropic basophils in the pars intermedia secrete melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
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Basophils in pars intermedia
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This is not the correct answer. Neurons of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in the hypothalamus, located in the supraoptic region, synthesize anti-diuretic hormone (or vasopressin) and oxytocin. These hypothalamic hormones are stored in axons containing Herring's bodies, filled with neurosecretory granules, in the pars nervosa of the neurohypophysis.
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Neurons of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in the hypothalamus
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This is not the correct answer. Chromophobes stain poorly with H&E staining and are the progenitor cells, also known as resting or undifferentiated chromophils.
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Chromophobes in pars distalis
Concept
Chapter
2693
5315
Pituitary gland
Topic
196
Neuroanatomy
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Which of the cells of the anterior pituitary secrete adrenal corticotropic hormone (ACTH)?
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