Somatotropes are located in the hypothalamus and secrete som

Somatotropes are located in the hypothalamus and secrete somatomedins. True False

Solution

Answer False : Somatotropes are cells in the anterior pituitary that secrete human growth hormone. Somatomedins are released by liver cells when growth hormone act on target tissue . This hormone inhibit release of growth hormone by acting directly on pituitary by secreting somatostatin from hypothalamus hence the above statement is false