NEET Biology question

Pituitary gland is divided into

(A)Adenohypophysis and neurohypophysisCorrect
(B)Adenohypophysis and pars distalis
(C)Adenohypophysis and pars intermedia
(D)Adenohypophysis and anterior pituitary

Answer: (A)

Solution

Pars distalis and pars intermedia are themselves subdivisions of the adenohypophysis (not separate co-equal divisions of the whole gland), and "anterior pituitary" is simply another name for the adenohypophysis (so

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