What does pituitary mean, from the Latin? (think onomatopoeia...)
to spit mucus
ptuo = to spit, pituita = mucus
What do you call a hormone that acts on neighboring cells?
paracrine
Are pituitary hormones steroid, steroid type, or peptide hormones?
peptide, all of them are
What do you call the loss of lateral visual fields?
bitemporal hemianopsia
Damage to what part of the pituitary causes diabetes insipidus, and which hormone is lacking?
( self quiz from SSL's notes )