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n. - A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the outer layer of the glands adjacent to the kidney.

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  • Emotional tears contain significantly more types of proteins, high levels of manganese, and lots of hormones, including ACTH (adrenocorticotropin) and prolactin.
  • These are thyrotropin, adrenocorticotropin, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone, which are tropic hormones, and their function is to control the...
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