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Question 1

Pituitary mean ______?

Answer 1

Spit mucus

Question 2

Master gland

Answer 2

Pituitary

Question 3

What will happen without pituitary?

Answer 3

Cessation of growth
Profound Alterations in intermediate metabolism
Failure of gonadal, thyroidal and adrenal func

Question 4

Pituitary is also referred to as ___________ meaning “under growth”

Answer 4

Hypophysis

Question 5

Where is the location of pituitary?

Answer 5

Under hypothalamus

Question 6

Functions of pituitary

Answer 6

Feed back loops
Diurnal rhythm
Pulsatile secretion
Environmental or external modifications of its performance

Question 7

Anterior pituitary is also referred to as

Answer 7

Adenohypophysis

Question 8

Intermediate lobe

Answer 8

Pars medialis

Question 9

Posterior pituitary

Answer 9

Neurohypophysis

Question 10

Poorly developed in humans and has little function

Answer 10

Pars intermedialis/ intermediate lobe

Question 11

Posterior pituitary arises from ______________

Answer 11

Diancephalon

Question 12

Storage and rreleases oxytocin and ADH?

Answer 12

Posterior pituitary

Question 13

The largest portion of the gland?

Answer 13

Anterior pituitary gland

Question 14

Anterior pituitary gland arises from?

Answer 14

Rathke’s pouch

Question 15

______________An evagination of buccal ectoderm that progressively extendeds upward and enveloped by __________________

Answer 15

Rathke’s pouch and sphenoid bone

Question 16

_____________ is the critical event in the formation of hypothalamic hyphyseal unit

Answer 16

Median eminence and pituitary stalk

Question 17

Pituitary functions can be detected by ___________ of gestation

Answer 17

7-9 weeks

Question 18

Prolactin secreting cells

Answer 18

Lactotrophs

Question 19

Growth hormone secreting cells

Answer 19

Somatotrophs

Question 20

Thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cells

Answer 20

Thyrotrophs

Question 21

ACTH-secreting cells

Answer 21

Corticotrophs

Question 22

LSH AND FSH secreting cells

Answer 22

Gonadotrophs