Multiple choice

Which of the following is secreted by the pituitary gland?

  1. Thyroid stimulating hormone release factors

  2. Growth hormone release inhibiting factors

  3. Growth hormone releasing factor

  4. Growth hormone - somatotropin
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Explanation

Growth hormone (somatotropin) is directly secreted by the pituitary gland. Release factors and inhibiting factors come from the hypothalamus, not the pituitary. The pituitary secretes the hormones themselves, not the release factors.

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