ANSC 3316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adrenergic Receptor, Cerebellum, Abbreviation
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The pituitary gland: anterior pituitary adenohypophysis. Primarily functions in synthesis and release of hormones. Derived from different tissue than the anterior pituitary gland. Neurons from hypothalamus travel through posterior pituitary gland where they release neural hormones. Synthesis of these neural hormones occurs in hypothalamus. Posterior lobe: the glands have almost no contact w/ one another (anterior and posterior pituitary glands, can be removed in humans (with survival) Cannot be removed in cattle (with survival: pituitary gland is found right underneath the hypothalamus. Hypothalamus controls most of the endocrine system. On the other side of the hypothalamus is the mammillary body: posterior pituitary gland. Separated from one another by the infundibulum/infundibular stalk. Conduit for the secretion of vasopressin or adh and oxytocin. Main neurons in the hypothalamus that connect to the posterior pituitary. Their axons carry to a series of blood vessels in posterior pituitary gland. 2 main hormones of the posterior pituitary gland.
