2.8 Endocrine System Flashcards

Supraoptic nucleus
a. Large neusecretory
b. Opic chiasma

Paraventricular nucleus
a. Magnocellular part
b. Parvocellular part
c. IIIrd ventricle

Median eminence
a. Infundibular recess
b. Zona interna
c. Zona media
d. Zona externa

Hypophysis
a. Adenohypophysis
b. Pars intermedia
d. Neurohypophysis
e. Cavum hypophyseale

- *Hypophysis**
a. adenohypophysis
b. Pars intermedia
c. Neurohypophysis
d. Cavum hypophyseale

Neurohypophysis
a. Pituicytes
b Herring-body

Adenohypophysis
a. Blood vessel
b. Globular cell niches

Adenohypophyseal cell group
a. Chromophobe
b. Basophils
c. Acidophils
d. Cytoplasmic granules

Pineal complex
a. Pineal gland
b. Habenular connection with the brainstem

Pineal gland
a. Cross section of pinealocyte cords
b. Capillary

Pineal gland
a. Acervulus
b. Acervulus precipitated in lamellar crystals

Thyroid, storage state
a. Colloid in follicles
b. Flattened follicular epithelium

Thyroid, active state
a. Colloid in follicle
b. High follicular epithelium
c. Parafollicular (āCā) cells

Parathyroid
a. Adipocyte
b. Eosinophil cell
c. Chief cell

Adrenal Cortex
a. Adipose capsule of kidney
b. Adrenal capsule
c. Zona glomerulosa
d. Zona fasciculata
e. Zona reticularis
B. Medulla

Adrenal cortex
a. Capsule
b. Zona glomerulosa
c. Zona fasciculata

Cortex-Medulla border
a. Zona reticularis
b. Medulla with chromaffin cells

Adrenal cortex
A. Capsule
a. Zona arcuata
B. Zona fasciculata


Interstitial region of testis
a. Interstitial (Leydig)

Pancreatic islet
a. Exocrine parenchyma
b. Islet