Explain the relationship between the posterior pituitary and the hypothalamus

What will be an ideal response?


The posterior pituitary makes no hormones of its own. Instead, it stores and releases two neurohormones, antidiuretic hormone (ADH, or vasopressin) and oxytocin, made by the hypothalamus. Hypothalamic axons transport ADH for storage in axon terminals in the posterior pituitary.

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