What Ensures That Blood Levels of a Specific Releasing Hormone

question 79

Multiple Choice

What ensures that blood levels of a specific releasing hormone are locally high in order to stimulate the pituitary?

• A)hepatic portal system
• B)hypothalamic- pituitary portal system
• C)degradation rates of tropic hormones
• D)pulsatility of tropic hormone release
• E)affinity of the tropic hormones

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