AIIMS 2015
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2015
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Chemical Coordination and Integration
AIIMS 2015 · Zoology · Chemical Coordination and Integration
Gonadotropin releasing hormone is transferred to anterior pituitary...
Gonadotropin releasing hormone is transferred to anterior pituitary by
Options
- Aleft coronary artery
- Bhypophysial portal veins
- Caxons of neurosecretory cells
- Dnuclei of hypothalamus.
Correct answer
B. hypophysial portal veins
Step-by-step solution
Hypothalamus is connected to the anterior lobe of pituitary gland by hypophysial portal veins. The latter carry blood containing neurohormones (releasing factors) from the hypothalamus to the anterior lobe of the pituitary.