Location of the pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is located in the cavity of the skull in the lower region of the brain. It weighs only half a gram, but it is the most important gland in the human body. It is responsible for the secretion of hormones important to the body, and it works accurately. The growth of the human body, this gland consists of three lobes: frontal, and posterior, and there is the middle lobe, each lobster responsible for a certain type of hormones necessary for the growth of the body.
Hormones produced by the pituitary gland
- Growth hormone.
- Proactin is the hormone of milk that is excreted in pregnancy and postpartum so that the mother can breastfeed her child.
- The hormone regulating the diuretic in the body.
- This gland secrete two types of hormones, which are responsible for fertilization in both men and women, and these hormones work to shrink the uterus during the birth.
- Hormonal regulator of thyroid function.
- The colored hormone of the skin, which works to dye the skin in brown, white or tartan and others.
- The hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland to function when the body is exposed to any danger.
- Hormone receptor and expandable blood vessels, which is important for memory and stimulation.
Causes of dysfunction in the pituitary gland
The causes of imbalance in the function of the pituitary gland are numerous, some come with birth, some come due to diseases and the most famous are cancerous tumors that lead to the inability of the pituitary to function properly, and this may cause death, pituitary gland is responsible for most important things to maintain human life.
Problems resulting from dysfunction of the pituitary gland
- Growth hormone growth makes a giant, and can cause the size of the extremities of the body only, and if this hormone deficiency will become a human dwarf.
- Increased milk hormone leads to infertility in women or the incidence of ovarian polycystic disease, and for men, increased milk secretion lead to prevent the production of sperm, which also leads to infertility.
- The imbalance in the hormone regulates blood flow increases the fluid in the body where the person drinks water and fluids and can not be removed and stored in the body, a serious disease.