How do the releasing hormones that are made in the hypothalamus travel to the anterior pituitary?
a. Vessels of the zona fasciculata
b. Infundibular process
c. Pituitary stalk
d. Portal hypophyseal blood vessels
Ans: d. Portal hypophyseal blood vessels
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