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Which organ regulates the pituitary gland?
The hypothalamus in the brain regulates the pituitary gland.
What organ produces ACTH?
pituitary gland
How do target organs most often regulate the pituitary gland?
Target organs regulate the pituitary gland through a feedback loop involving hormones. When a target organ senses a change in hormone levels, it can release specific hormones to signal the pituitary gland to either increase or decrease its production of certain hormones. This feedback mechanism helps maintain homeostasis in the body.
What causes a pituitary gland not to release enough hormones?
You have the various releasing factors, that come from the hypothalamus. The low level of the hormones from the target organ like thyroid may stimulate thyroid stimulating hormone from the pituitary.
What organ is NOT a part of the HPG axis?
The posterior pituitary gland
What gland secretes prolactin?
Oxytocin, also knwon as the "cuddle hormone" is produced in hypothalamic neurons.
What endocrine organ produces vasopressin?
Vasopressin is produced in the postieror pituitary gland. This glad also produces oxytocin.
What organ system contains pituitary gland?
The pituitary glad belongs to the endocrine system. The endocrine system contributes to the homeostasis, or balance, or the body by distributing hormones which regulate the activity and growth of target cells in the body.
What organ is located in the hypophyseal fossa of the sphenoid bone?
pituitary gland
What is the organ system that helps regulate growth hormone?
pituitary gland
What organ regulates growth by producing hormones?
the pituitary glands
What is the target organ of LH?
The target organ of LH (luteinizing hormone) is the gonads, specifically the testes in males and the ovaries in females. LH stimulates the production of testosterone in males and triggers ovulation and the production of progesterone in females.
