@instituteofhumananatomy: 🧠 This tiny gland at the base of your brain controls how you grow, recover, and even how you sleep. The pituitary gland releases growth hormone — critical for development during childhood and adolescence, but also essential for adults for tissue repair, recovery from exercise, and lean body mass. But the pituitary isn't the one calling the shots. That's the hypothalamus — sitting just above it, constantly monitoring the body. Sense a stressor like exercise? It tells the pituitary to release more growth hormone. Detect that you've hit deep sleep? Same thing — there's a major spike of growth hormone in the first two hours of deep sleep. 😴 That's why quality sleep isn't just rest — it's recovery at a hormonal level. Follow for more anatomical awesomeness! #anatomy #humananatomy #brain #pituitarygland #hypothalamus #growthhormone #hormones #endocrine #endocrinesystem #sleep #circadianrhythm #physiology #anatomyandphysiology #medschool #premed #nursingschool #learnontiktok #tiktoklearningcampaign

Diana :

So you're telling me my 3am scrolling is literally sabotaging my growth hormone? I'm cooked.

His Light :

My favorite side of tiktok literally

Rachel Williams :

Why am I 4' 9" ? Did my pituitary gland stop working? 😁

mzileni :

yeah yeah js tell me if I'm gonna grow or not doc 💔✌️

wanderlust :

so exercise stimulates growth?

RITAKI :

Ooohhh please can you do a video for Chiary Syndrome with syringomyelia???????? please please please !!!!

bikila y :

why my father forget some things

Frank🇰🇪 :

Good job...

The Ω Man (Rebel wo Applause) :

Good stuff. One of the better anatomical lessons I’ve been able to keep up with. Keep it up! 👏👏👏

T - 1 :

meaning sleep deprivation affects this mechanism correct?

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Cata Catalin7 :

And it s all by chance.🤣🤣🤣

Alban kitty 🇦🇱 :

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DR. COLLINS consult :

thanks 🙏👍👍

L💋‼️ :

OMG FIRST?

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second..

Christiana Marcus :

Where's the other guy?

Jayce_Bullock3420 :

Asprin lol

Taha Al Sony :

Praise God. Glory be to God.🥰

that.nerd.des :

Your videos may be the only thing to get me through my A&P class 😅

Very :

My hypothalamus needs a service

THE FIFTH SEQUENCE :

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