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“Isn’t this merely a storage and distribution centre? Is it sensible to call this a gland?”

This is a doubt raised by Hari, pointing to a particular portion of a gland in the picture of the brain.

a. Which part of which gland may be the basis of Hari’s doubt? 

b. Why does Hari have such a doubt? Is his doubt genuine? Why?

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a. Pituitary – Posterior lobe 

b. Sensible. The hormone produced by hypothalamus is stored and released from here. The posterior lobe of pituitary itself does not produce hormone.

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