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Which is true statement about Anterior Pituitary Hormones?

A
Secretion of anterior pituitary hormones is pulsatile
B
No hormones are secreted before 28 weeks of gestation except prolactin
C
Most of the pituitary hormones are secreted by the posterior lobe
D
The hypophyseal portal veins are associated with the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
High-Yield Explanation
(A) Secretion of anterior pituitary hormones is pulsatile # Secretion of anterior & posterior pituitary hormones, adrenal glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids and catecholamines, gonadal sex steroids, parathormone, insulin and glucagon is pulsatile (burst-like or episodic).> Neuronal inputs, cellular excitability and feedback with time delays constitute proximate mechanisms driving recurrent pulses.> Both the amplitude and frequency of gonadotropin, thyrotropin, prolactin and sex-steroid pulses determine their mean concentrations.> In contradistinction, primarily the amplitude of growth hormone, adrenocorticotropin, cortisol, parathormone and insulin pulses controls their average values.> Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and growth-hormone pulses convey unique signaling information to target tissues.

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