Endocrine

Question 1

what is the pituitary gland also called and what its location

Answer 1

(hypophysis (hypo-below,

anterior + inferior

Question 2

what is the pineal gland also called and what its location

Answer 2

(epiphysis (epi-above,

posterior + superior

Question 3

another name for adrenal gland and its therefore location

Answer 3

suprarenal, above, kidney)

Question 4

embryonic origins of anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary

Answer 4

ANT= (large) = oropharynx
POST= Brain

Question 5

two lobes of pit called

Answer 5

ant= pars distalis 
post= pars nevosa

Question 6

process of hypo > pit for anterior

Answer 6

o Yellow= producing in hypo that r secreted into blood= travel to portal system anterior lobe of pituitary
• 5 different cells types

Question 7

process of hypo > pit for inferior

Answer 7

o Green= cell bodies in hypo but shunted locally into posterior
• Unmyelinated to package, exocytose

Question 8

what does the post pit produce

Answer 8

ADH

OT

Question 9

what does the ant pit produce

Answer 9

ATCH
GH
FSH
LH
TSH
Prolactin

Question 10

role of pineal gland

Answer 10

melatonin and some calcium reg

Question 11

diff of pineal and thymus

Answer 11

o Different: thy more lobulated + more lymphocytes

o Less organised in pineal

Question 12

how is thyroid different with its production

Answer 12

stores hormone in inactive form

Question 13

explain the thyroid lakes

Answer 13

• Thyroid follicles consist of a pink- coloured thyroglobulin colloid “lake” surrounded by single layer of cuboidal epithelial cells

Question 14

what does each section of adrenal secrete

Answer 14

• Cortex = steroid- secreting.

* Medulla = catecholamine- secreting.

Question 15

3 zones of cortex

Answer 15

zona glomerulosa (aldo)
zona fasciculate (cortisol)
zona reticular (androgens)