Endocrine histo

Question 1

Answer 1

peptide hormone producing cell

lots of dark granules stored inside cell until release

Question 2

Answer 2

steroid hormone producing cell

steroid immediately released into space- not stored inside cell; note the lipid droplets, lots of mitochondria, smooth ER

Question 3

endocrine glands whose sole purpose is hormone production

Answer 3

pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal

Question 4

endocrine tissues associated with organs that have other functions

Answer 4

pancreas, ovary, testes, kidney, liver

Question 5

Answer 5

Posterior pituitary- note the axons and herring body

Question 6

Answer 6

divisions of the pituitary

Question 7

Answer 7

anterior pit- endocrine cells organized in clusters/cords around fenestrated capillaries

Question 8

Answer 8

pars distalis= anterior pituitary

note the basophils, acidophils, and chromophobes

Question 9

Answer 9

pars intermedia

Question 10

Answer 10

pineal gland

note the copora arenacea

Question 11

Answer 11

corpora arenacea