Question

Give technical terms for the group of hormones which influence other endocrine glands to produce hormones.

Answer 1

Tropic hormone:

1. Tropic hormones are those hormones that can stimulate the other endocrine gland to produce and secrete specific hormones.
2. The anterior pituitary secretes some tropic hormones such as - ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone - Acts on the adrenal cortex), TSH(Thyroid-stimulating hormone - acts on the thyroid gland to secretes produce and secretes hormones), etc.

Hence, a group of hormones that influence other endocrine glands to produce hormones are known as tropic hormones.