12. What are the main
divisions of the hypophysis?
What are their functions?

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The hypophysis is divided two
portions: the adenohypophysis,or
hypophysis, and the
neurohypophysis,or
hypophysis.

In the adenohypophysis hormones
that act directly, growth hormone
(GH) and prolactin, and four tropic
, i.e., hormones that regulate
endocrine glands, the
adrenocorticotropic (ACTH),
the thyroid-stimulating hormone (),
the luteinizing hormone (LH) the
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
produced.

The neurohypohysisstores and
two hormones produced in
hypothalamus, oxytocin and the
hormone (ADH, or
vasopressin).