PATHOLOGY MCQ
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Question
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Growth Hormone is released from
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pituitary gland
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thymus
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Growth hormone (GH) is an ancestral hormone secreted episodically from somatotroph cells in the anterior pituitary. Since the recognition of its multiple and complex effects in the early 1960s, the physiology and regulation of GH has become a major area of research interest in the field of endocrinology.
Detailed explanation-2: -Human growth hormone (HGH), also known as somatotropin, is a 191 amino acid single-chain polypeptide produced by somatotropic cells within the anterior pituitary gland.
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