Anterior versus Posterior Pituitary
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The anterior pituitary is glandular tissue that synthesizes and secretes its own hormones under hypothalamic control; the posterior pituitary stores and releases hormones the hypothalamus itself produces.
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Oxytocin is made in the hypothalamus but released into circulation from the posterior pituitary.
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The posterior pituitary produces no hormones of its own — it is release and storage tissue only.