80. Which of the following hormones is secreted by anterior pituitary cells that stain with acidic dyes?

A. ACTH B. FSH
C. LH D. Prolactin

E. TSH

ANS. D. The cells of the anterior pituitary can be classified as chromophils (stain
with dyes) or chromophobes (do not stain with dyes). The chromophils can be further divided inacidophils (stain with acidic dyes) and basophils (stain with basic dyes). The acidophils include thesomatotrophs, which secrete growth hormone, and the mammotrophs, which secrete prolactin.The basophils include the corticotrophs, which secrete ACTH (choice A), the gonadotrophs, which secrete FSH and LH (choices B and C), and the thyrotrophs, which secrete TSH (choice E).

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