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The hypothalamus sends a releasing hormone to the anterior pituitary via:
a special pathway of blood vessels known as a portal system.
A releasing hormone sent to the anterior pituitary will tell the____________ to release growth hormone.
anterior pituitary
The hypothalamus will tell the anterior pituitary when to stop producing growth hormone by sending an _____________ through the portal system.
inhibiting hormone.
The anterior pituitary sends gonadotropic hormones to the gonads, which are the ___________ and the _________________.
ovaries and the testes
What are the names of the two gonadotropic hormones released by the anterior pituitary?
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)
The anterior pituitary secretes thyrotropin, which is a _____________ hormone to the thyroid gland.
tropic