MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The pituitary (also sometimes called the hypophysis) is a gland about the size of a small marble and is located in the brain directly below the hypothalamus. The pituitary gland consists of two parts: the anterior pituitary and the posterior pituitary.

Detailed explanation-2: -Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is a neuropeptide secreted by the hypothalamus that stimulates the synthesis and release of growth hormone (GH) in the pituitary.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pituitary gland is a structure in our brain that produces different types of specialised hormones, including growth hormone (also referred to as human growth hormone or HGH).

Detailed explanation-4: -The hormones produced in the hypothalamus are corticotrophin-releasing hormone, dopamine, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatostatin, gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and thyrotrophin-releasing hormone.