Practice question · Multiple choice
The pituitary is called the master gland yet is directed by the hypothalamus. What does that arrangement accomplish?
Hints
- Ask how seeing a threat ends up releasing cortisol.
- Something has to translate a neural signal into a hormonal one.
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B. It connects the nervous and endocrine systems
Why
The hypothalamus is the translator. The HPA axis begins with a perception and ends in the adrenal cortex, which is only possible because a neural structure controls an endocrine one.
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