Hormones

• Types of hormones

  • Protein hormones & Peptide hormones
• Neurons in hypothalamus

  Oxytocin and Vasopressin (Antidiuretic Hormone) migrate down axons to the posterior pituitary
• Parts of the pituitary gland

  • Anterior pituitary
  • Posterior pituitary
• Hormone


  A chemical secreted by cells in one part of the body and conveyed by the blood to influence other cells
• Pituitary gland


  Attached to the hypothalamus
• Posterior pituitary


  Part of the pituitary gland composed of neural tissue, can be considered an extension of the hypothalamus
• Anterior pituitary


  Part of the pituitary gland
• Protein hormones & Peptide hormones


  Composed of chains of amino acids
• Releasing hormones


  Flow through the blood to the anterior pituitary, where they stimulate or inhibit the release of other hormones