When the endocrinologist asks the staff how the releasing hormones that are made in the hypothalamus travel to the anterior pituitary,how should the staff reply? Via the:
A) Vessels of the zona fasciculata
B) Chromophils
C) Median eminence
D) Hypophysial portal system

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Neurons in the hypothalamus secrete releasing hormones into veins that carry the releasing hormones directly to the vessels of the adenohypophysis via the hypophysial portal system,thus bypassing the normal circulatory route.
Zona fasciculata secretes abundant amounts of cortisol from the adrenal gland.
Chromophils are the secretory cells of the adenohypophysis.
The median eminence is a part of the posterior pituitary,not the anterior.

When the Endocrinologist Asks the Staff How the Releasing Hormones