Now there are many examples of different endocrine glands in our body and the first type of endocrine gland that we're going to discuss is the pituitary gland also known as our hypothesis. Now the pituitary gland can actually actually be broken down into two sections. We have the front portion which is known as the interior pituitary gland and the back portion known as the posterior pituitary gland. In this lecture we're going to focus on the interior pituitary gland. Now the interior pituitary gland is actually controlled by a section of the forebrain known as our hypothalamus. Now the hypothalamus actually controls the anterior pituitary gland by using its own set of hormones and that's exactly why the hypothalamus is a gland of its own because it releases and produces hormones.