Talk:Tropic hormone
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Is it "trophic" or "tropic"? You use both in the same pararaph. Jeff Knaggs 22:48, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] i think my teacher told us that tropic is different from trophic..
yes, i think my teacher told us that tropic is different from trophic?
Tropic refers to something that "goes to" or "tends towards". Trophic refers to "eating" something (what is used for nutrition. The correct word here is tropic, because the first hormone goes to a second endocrine gland. There are several other incorrect uses of trophic to refer to tropic hormones.
Moved following comments from main page to this page:
"Growth hormone is not in fact a tropic hormone as it does not meet the requirement of stimulating other endocrine glands. It is produced by the anterior pituitary."
This is incorrect; GH stimulates the release of IGFs from other organ tissues.
"Tropic hormones are actually produced by the hypothalamus."
This is wildly inaccurate. The anterior pituitary secretes hormones made by the anterior pituitary. Releasing hormones made by the hypothalamus control the release of these tropic hormones.
In either case both of the above comments did not belong on the main page. DrNixon 17:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
