Hormones from the hypothalamus fall into releasing hormones and which other type?
AInhibiting hormones
BInhabiting hormones
CInheriting hormones
DInitiating hormones
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Inhibiting hormones
1. The hypothalamus controls the pituitary in both directions.
2. One class of its hormones switches pituitary secretion on.
3. The other class is the inhibiting hormones, which inhibit pituitary secretions.
4. So the answer is inhibiting hormones.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 19 'Chemical Coordination and Integration'_
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