Which of the following pairs of endocrine glands is located in the brain?

The correct answer is Hypothalamus and pineal.

• Only three endocrine glands are located in the region of the brain are the hypothalamus, pituitary, and pineal gland.

Key Points

• The hypothalamus is the basal part of the diencephalon of the forebrain.
• It contains a hormone of stimulating and inhibiting the pituitary.
• The pituitary gland is also located at the base part of the brain region just below the hypothalamus and joined together whereas the pineal gland is present in the very deep region where two halves of the brain join together.
• This area is present in the middle of the brain known as the epithalamus.
• It secretes melatonin which functions during the darkness and sends information of night.