1. The _______________ develops from the hypophyseal pouch of the embryo.

2. Thyroxine (T₄) is synthesized by combining two residues called _______________.

3. Growth hormone hypersecretion in adulthood results in a disease called _______________.

4. Kidney stones may be caused by hypersecretion of the _______________ gland(s).

5. Adrenal steroids that regulate glucose metabolism are called _______________.

6. Sex steroids are secreted by the _______________ cells of the ovary and _______________ cells of the testis.

7. Target cells can reduce pituitary secretion by the process of _______________.

8. Hypothalamic releasing factors are delivered to the anterior pituitary by way of a network of blood vessels called the _______________.

9. A hormone is said to have a/an _______________ effect when it stimulates target cells to develop receptors for another hormone to follow.

10. The 20-carbon paracrine derivatives of arachidonic acid are all called _______________.

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