All of the hormone pathways you have read about with the except of two took adva
ID: 259014 • Letter: A
Question
All of the hormone pathways you have read about with the except of two took advantage of trophic pathway. Which of the following best describes the trophic pathway?
a. anterior pituitary-target tissue-hypothalamus
b. hypothalamus-anterior pituitary-target tissue
c. target tissue-anterior pituitary-hypothalamus
d. anterior pituitary-hypothalamus-target tissue
a. anterior pituitary-target tissue-hypothalamus
b. hypothalamus-anterior pituitary-target tissue
c. target tissue-anterior pituitary-hypothalamus
d. anterior pituitary-hypothalamus-target tissue
Explanation / Answer
hypothalamus-anterior pituitary - target tissue
Hypothalamus secretes tropic hormone which in turn targets the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland secretes thyroxinewhich stimulates hormone 2 which target hypothalamus