Endocrine 1 Flashcards
What is A?
Thymus
What is B?
Pituitary gland
What is C?
What is D?
Thyroid gland
What is E?
Parathyroid gland
What is F?
What is G?
Suprarenal gland
What is H?
Pancreas
What is I?
Placenta (during pregnancy)
What is J?
Ovaries
What is K?
Testes
What is the hollow called that the pituitary gland sits in?
Sella turica
In what bone is the sella turica found?
Ethmoid bone
What is A?
Body of corpus collosum
What is B?
Thalamus
What is C?
Grey matter
What is D?
Splenium of corpus collosum
What is E?
Transverse sinus
What is F?
Cerebellum
What is G?
Vertebral artery
What is H?
Pons
What is I?
Pituitary gland
What is J?
Pituitary stalk
What is K?
Optic chiasm
What is L?
Genu of corpus collosum
What is M?
Caudate nucleus
What is N?
Lateral ventricle
What is A?
Corpus collosum
What is B?
Frontal horn
What is C?
Caudate nucleus
What is D?
Optic nerve
What is E?
Pituitary stalk
What is F?
Internal carotid artery
What is G?
Cavernous sinus
What is H?
Pituitary gland
What is I?
III ventricle
What is A?
Ethmoid air cells
What is B?
Anteiror cerebral artery
What is C?
Optic chiasm
What is D?
Infundibulum of pituitary gland
What is E?
Hippocampus
What is F?
Aquaduct of Sylvius
What is G?
Anterior lobe of cerebellum
What is H?
Straight sinus
What is I?
Superior sagittal sinus
What is J?
Quadrigeminal cistern
What is K?
White matter
What is L?
Posterior cerebral artery
What is M?
Temporal horn of lateral ventricle
What is N?
Middle cerebral artery
What is O?
Olfactory nerve
How is the optic chiasm related to the pituitary gland?
Is directly above pituitary
How does enlargement of the pituitary gland affect a surrounding structure?
Impinges the crossing of fibres of the optic chiasm
Resulting in bitemporal hemionopia
What fibres cross over at the optic chiasm?
Nasal fibres
What lobes are present in the pituitary gland?
Anterior lobe
Posterior lobe
What is A?
III ventricle
What is B?
Optic chiasm
What is C?
Pars intermedia
What is D?
Anterior pituitary
What is E?
Posterior pituitary
What is F?
Mamillary bodies
Which of the pituitary lobes is larger?
Anterior pituitary
Which of the pituitary lobes is glandular and manufactures numerous hormones?
Anterior pituitary
What is the function of the posterior pituitary lobe?
Releases neuroendocrine hormones
How do you recognise the anterior and posterior lobes of pituitary in histology?
Anterior - dark stained
Posterior - pale stained
What is A?
Posterior pituitary
What is B?
Anterior pituitary
What are the 3 cell types in anterior pituitary and how do they stain?
Acidophilic (stain pink)
Basophilic (stain light purple)
Chromophobic (do not stain so appear pale)