Corticotrope

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Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are cells in the anterior pituitary which produce adrenocorticotrophic hormone and melanocyte stimulating hormone.

v • d • e Endocrine system > Pituitary gland Posterior pituitary Pars nervosa – Median eminence – Infundibular stalk Anterior pituitary Pars intermedia – Pars tuberalis – Pars distalis – Acidophils (Somatotropes, Lactotropes) – Basophils (Corticotropes, Gonadotropes, Thyrotropes)