Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland?
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a
Prolactin
b
Melanocyte stimulating hormone
c
Antidiuretic hormone
d
Luteinising hormone
answer is C.
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Detailed Solution
Neurohypophysis (pars nervosa) also known as posterior pituitary, stores and releases two hormones called oxytocin and vasopressin (Anti Diuretic Hormone- ADH), which are actually synthesised by the hypothalamus and are transported axonally to neurohypophysis.Prolactin, MSH and LH are secreted and released by the Adenohypophyses (Anterior pituitary gland) itself.