Pituitary System Diagram. The target can either be specialised endocrine glands or other types of body tissue. This grape sized organ can be divided into three sections the pars nervosa the pars intermedia and the pars distalis.
It is designed to help the individual keep their levels of energy at a high level to help the individual deal with the stressor ie. It is nestled within a depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull called the sella turcica. Hypothalamus pituitary thyroid axis compr physiol.
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Here they usually cause the release of a second hormone. O controls many other endocrine system glands. To review the hypophyseal portal system. The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal hpa axis is central to homeostasis stress responses energy metabolism and neuropsychiatric function.