Endocrine Glands Flashcards
What is Endocrine Secretion
Endocrine glands lack ducts-
Their secretory products (hormones) generally pass into blood or lymphatic circulation.
Define Paracrine Secretion
Secretory products (hormones) are secreted directly into the intercellular space (interstitial fluid or short loops of blood vessels) to elicit a local effect on adjacent cells.
Define Autocrine Secretion
Hormones that are secreted into the vascular system and eventually enter the tissue fluids & depending on specificity of hormones can alter the activities of one or more organ
What are Target Organs
Organs that respond to a specific hormone
Hormones can be classified into 3 general categories according to their chemical structure…
Name 3 categories
- AA Polymers ( Polypeptides, Proteins, Glycoproteins)
- Cholesterol derivatives (Sterols &Steroids)
- Tyrosine Derivatives (Thyroid hormones & catecholamines)
T or F
In autocrine secretion, cells may produce molecules that act themselves or on cells off the same type.
T
Give an example of an autocrine Secretion cell that produces molecules that act on themselves
IGF- Insulin-growth factor produced by several cells that my act on cells that produce it.
Pituitary Gland is also know as
Hypophysis
Pituitary Gland dimensions
.5 g in adults and demotions of 10x13x6mm
Where is Pituitary Gland found
Lies below the brain in a small cavity on the sphenoid bone, the Sella Turcica (depression in the sphenoid bone)
Pituitary Gland consists of 2 glands
Name them
- Anterior (Adenohypophysis)
2. Posterior (Neurohypophysis)
Neurohypophysis retains many histologic features of brain tissue and consist of a large part of ________ & the small _________
Pars nervosa & small infundibulum (stalk is the top of a slide, Pars is the bottom portion)
Define Pars Nervosa
Contains the endings of neurosecretory neurons, capillaries & pituicytes
Pituitary gland forms form 2 separate embryonic structures
Name these structures
- Hypophyseal pouch or Rathke pouch is the future Anterior Pituitary - grows form the roof of the pharynx.
- Neurohypophyseal bud the future Posterior Pituitary forms from the diencephalon
Adenohypophysis derives form the ______ , has 3 parts name parts
Oral ectoderm
- Large = Pars Distalis
- Anterior Lobe = pars tuberalis (wraps around the infundibulum)
- Thin = pars intermedia adjacent to the Posterior pars nervosa
Pituitary gland is connected to what
Hypothalamus at the base of the brain
Define hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract
System of blood vessels in the microcirculation at the base of the brain connecting the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary.
Function: quickly transport & exchange hormones between the hypothalamus & Anterior Pituitary gland
Superior Arteries divide into what
Primary Plexus of fenestrated capillaries that irrigate the Salk & medial eminence.
Define fenestrations
Pores that will allow large molecules through
Found in= where their is extensive molecular exchange with the blood such as small intestine, endocrine glands & kidneys.
Hypothalamus specialized neuron clusters called ________ cells produce what type of hormone or hormones
Neurosecretory Cells
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
Oxytocin (OXT)
Transported to the pituitary stored for later
ADH and Oxytocin are synthesized by large neurons in the ______ and the ______
Supraoptic nuclei
Paraventricular nuclei
Blood supply derives from 2 groups of vessels, coming off the _______ ________ _______ and drained by the ______ ______
Internal Carotid Artery
Hypophyseal vein
Superior Hypophyseal arteries supply the ____ ____ and the _____ _____
Median eminence
Infundibular stalk
Inferior hypophyseal arteries provide blood mainly _______
Neurohypophysis
Superior arteries divide into _____ _____ of fenestrated capillaries that irrigate the ______ & ______ ______.
Primary Plexus
Stalk
Median eminence
Adenohypophysis is also known as _______
Has 3 parts
Anterior Pituitary Gland
Large Pars distalis
Pars tuberalis surrounding the infundibulum
This pars intermedia
Endocrine cells of the anterior pituitary are called ______ ______ ______ based on their staining properties
Acidophils
Basophils
Chromophobes
Pars Distalis is part of what and what is its main component
Anterior pituitary
Accounts of 75 % of Adenohypophysis
Has thin fibrous capsule
Main component: cords of well stained endocrine cells interspersed with fenestrated capillaries & supportive reticular tissue
Pars Distalis - name different staining affinities
Chromophils- secretory cells in which hormones are stored in cytoplasmic granules.
Chromophobes
Chromophils are also known as what
Basophils
Acidophils
Based on their affinities for basic & acidic dyes
Acidophils secrete either _______ _______ or _________ and are called ________ & ________.
Growth Hormone (somatotropin)
Prolactin
Are called - somatotrophs & lactotrophs
Basophilic cells are the _____, ______ & _______ with target cells in the _______ cortex, ______, &——— gland.
Corticotrophs Gonadotrophs Thyrotrophs Adrenal Gonads Thyroid
Gonadotrophs secrete 2 different glycoproteins ?
- Follicle-Stimulationg hormone (FSH)
2. Leutenizing Hormone (LH) or ICSH in Men (interstitial cell-stimulating hormone)
Main protein synthesized in Corticotrophs is
POMC= pro-opoimelanocortin which is cleaved posttranslatinally into the polypeptide hormones ACTH-adrenocortical tropic Hormone and B-lipoprotein (B-LPH)
Hormones produced by the Pars Distalis regulate almost all other endocrine glands…name
Ovarian function
Sperm production
Milk production
Metabolism of muscle, bone, adipose tissue
Define Pars Tuberalis & most of its cells are ______
Smaller funnel shaped region surrounding the infundibulum of the neurohypophysis.
Part of the anterior lobe of the APG and wraps the pituitary stalk in a Highly Vascularized sheath.
Most of cells are Gonadotrophs
What are the major cell types of Anterior Pituitary & major function
- Somatotrophs= stimulates Growth in Epiphyseal plated of long bones via insulin like growth factors (IGF’s) produced in Liver
- Lactotropsh or mammotrophs= Milk secretion
- Gonadotrophs = FSH promotes ovarian follicle development & estrogen secretion
- Thyrotrophs= Stimulates thyroid hormone synthesis, storage, liberation
- Corticotrophs= stimulate secretion of adrenal cortex Hormone & regulation of lipid metabolism
Growth Hormone (GH) is responsible for what
Acts on all body tissues, Cartilage Bone Muscle Adipose tissue
Name 2 forms of Melanocytes-stimulating hormones (MSH)
Gamma- LPH & B-endorphin
Activities of the cells of Anterior Pituitary are controlled by what
Hypothalamic hormones
Another mechanism controlling activity fo AP cells is _____ _____ by hormones form the target organs
Negative feedback
Major hormones outside the feedback look or major target tissues are
Polypeptide ghrelin produced mainly in the stomach mucosa, also acts as a releasing hormone for Somatotropin & Oxytocin, released in the posterior pit during Brest feeding =increasing secretion of Prolactin
Posterior Pituitary is also know as
Neurohypophysis
PP gland is composed of what
Neural tissue containing 100,000 unmyelinated azons of large secretory neurons with cell bodies in the supraoptic & paraventricula nuclei of the hypothalamus
Name the most abundant cell type in the posterior pituitary gland & what do they resemble?
Pituicytes = highly branched glia cells
They resemble= Astrocytes (star shaped glia cells of the CNS)
What are axonal dilations called
Neurosecretory bodies or Herring bodies = visible in the light microscope as faintly eosinophilic structures
Neurosecretory bodies or ______ ______ contain ______ ______ granules with either ______ or _____ bound to 10 kDa carrier protein called ____ ____ & _____
Herring Bodies
Membrane enclosed granules
Oxytocin or ADH
Neurophysin 1 & 2