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A medical student compares the anterior pituitary and posterior pituitary, both attached to the hypothalamus. They differ substantially in tissue type, hormone production, and regulatory connections. Which combination best contrasts these two regions?

The anterior and posterior pituitary are both regulated only by the hypophyseal portal system The anterior pituitary is glandular epithelial tissue that produces and secretes its own hormones (such as TSH, ACTH, GH, FSH, LH, prolactin) under control of hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones delivered via the hypophyseal portal system; the posterior pituitary is neural tissue that stores and releases hormones (ADH and oxytocin) made in neurosecretory neurons of the hypothalamus and transported down their axons Both regions are identical in tissue type and produce identical hormones The anterior pituitary is neural tissue; the posterior pituitary is glandular tissue producing ADH

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