The pituitary gland is attached to hypothalamus on the ventral surface of brain. It is lodged in a bony depression called sella turcica of sphenoid bone.
For names of hormones:
1. GH : [Growth Hormone/STH : Somatotropic Hormone]
2. TSH/TTH – [Thyroid Stimulating Hormone/ Thyrotropic Hormone]
3. ACTH – [adrenocorticotropic hormone]
4. PRL – [prolactin]
Gonadotropins
1. FSH [follicle stimulating hormone]
2. LH/ICSH – [leutinizing hormone/ interstitial cells stimulating hormone]
