GENERAL ANATOMY
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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baseball sized, controls hormones in the body and messages to the brain
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palm sized, controls bone strength and food digestion
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pea sized, controls growth and development
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shoe sized, makes you stronger and pumps blood from your heart
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Detailed explanation-1: -The pituitary gland makes: growth hormone, which regulates growth. thyroid stimulating hormone, which tells the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones. prolactin, which controls breast milk production.
Detailed explanation-2: -It regulates growth, metabolism, and reproduction through the hormones that it produces. The production of these hormones is either stimulated or inhibited by chemical messages sent from the hypothalamus to the pituitary. The posterior lobe produces two hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anatomy of the pituitary gland The pituitary gland is no larger than a pea, and is located at the base of the brain. The gland is attached to the hypothalamus (a part of the brain that affects the pituitary gland) by nerve fibers and blood vessels.
Detailed explanation-4: -A pea-sized organ attached to the part of the brain called the hypothalamus. It lies at the base of the brain above the back of the nose.
Detailed explanation-5: -The main function of your pituitary gland is to produce and release several hormones that help carry out important bodily functions, including: Growth.