Anterior pituitary acidophil cells secrete:
a. Cortisol
b. Growth hormone
c. Insulin
d. Luteinizing hormone
e. Vasopressin
ANS: B
Because the secretory granules of acidophil cells contain positively charged proteins like growth hormone and prolactin and not negatively charged proteins like luteinizing hormone or folli-cle-stimulating hormone,, the cytoplasm of these cells stains well with acid dyes.
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