<prompt> Which one of the following cell types are found in the least numbers in the pituitary?LactotrophsThyrotrophsGonadotrophsCoicotrophs  <response>: Lactotroph-Prolactin cell also known as epsilon acidophil, lactotrope, lactotrophic cell, lactotroph, mammatroph, mammotroph is a cell in the anterior pituitary which produces prolactin Thyrotropes also called thyrotrophs are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid stimulating hormone TSH in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone TRH.Gonadotropes are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary that produce the gonadotropins, such as the follicle-stimulating hormone FSH and luteinizing hormone LH.Coicotropes or coicotrophs are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce melanocyte-stimulating hormone, adrenocoicotropic hormone ACTH and lipotropin.Ref: Ganong;s review of medical physiology; 24th edition; page no:-325 