Chemical Coordination And Integration

Answer (a) Anterior lobe of pituitary

Thomas Addison, (1793-1860), English physician, became (1837) a physician at Guy?s Hospital, London, where he conducted important research on pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other diseases. He was the first to recognize (1855) the disease of the adrenal glands that later became known as Addison?s disease, and he is equally famous for his description of pernicious anaemia. Thomas Addison is known as the "Father of Endocrinology.

Growth hormone is secreted from adenohypophysis of pituitary gland. It . stimulates cellular growth and proliferation, growth and repair of bones, muscles and connecting tissue. In the liver cells, it promotes glycogenesis deamination and gluconeogenesis.

Conn's syndrome is condition of primary aldosteronism, which is caused due to an excessive secretion of mineralocorticoids (aldosterone) from adrenal cortex, independent of rennin/ angiotensin secretion. Addison's disease is chronic adrenal cortex insufficiency, which is due to hyposecretion of all adrenal cortex hormones.
Simmond's disease is tumour or infection in anterior pituitary.
Cushing's syndrome is a condition of hyper cortisolism.