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Pituitary gland is located in a depression in the sphenoid bone of skull below the brain, so it is also called hypothalamus cerebri. Discuss the following.
Discuss the role of hypothalamus andf pituitary as a co-ordinated unit in maintaining physiological porcesses.

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