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Have you heard of the pituitary gland?
Actually it is the master gland.
Why why why???
Its responsibility is to make the functions of the other glands to be worthwhile.
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It is located in the middle of the brain
That stands out like a rain
It is as big as a pea
Like a small fruit in a tree
It consist of three sections
That has its own proportion
It is the the anterior lobe
The intermediate lobe
The posterior lobe
Anterior pituitary is composed of multiple parts:
Pars distalis or the distal part
Pars tuberalis or tubular part
And pars intermedia or intermediate part
Its regulatory function
And greatest mission
Is achieved through the secretion
Of peptide hormones
Which acts on act on target organs
Including the adrenal gland
Liver, bone, thyroid gland
And gonads
It secretes different hormones
Like growth hormone
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Prolactin hormone
And many more kinds of hormones.
Growth hormones helps us
Acquire our desires
Which is to grow and develop
As we become matured of
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As we all know
All babies need to grow
They need milk and milk secretion
Is done by prolactin hormone
Thyroid hormones
Have two kinds of hormones
Also known as the t3 and t4
Which is essential for growth and development
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Gonadotrophin hormone
Or known as glycoprotein hormone
is responsible for sexual growth
Of people and not of goat
How poweful you are
Oh pituitary gland
How tall can you stand
On a high paved land
