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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