ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards
A complex collection of hormone producing glands that control basic body functions such as metabolism growth and sexual development
Endocrine system
Major endocrine glands
Pituitary gland
Pineal gland
Thyroid gland
Thymus
Adrenal gland
Pancreas
Testis
Ovary
Rathkes pouch
Adenohypophysis
Adenohypophysis includes
Pars distalis
Pars intermedia
Pars tuberalis
Neurohypophysis includes
Median eminence of the tuber cinereum
Infundibular stalk/stem
Infundibular process/pars nervosa
The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is consist of
Pars intermediate plus infundibular process
Secretory cells of pars distalis
Acidophils
Basophils
Chromophobes
Acidophils cells and hormones
Somatotropic cell- growth hormone
Mammotropic cell- prolactin
Basophils cells and hormones
Gonadotropic cell- FSH & LH
Thyrotropic cell- TSH
Corticotropic cell- ACTH
Reserve cells
Chromophobes
Pars intermedia is consist of
Rathke’s cyst
MSH
Pars tuberalis includes
Undifferentiated cells
Small basophils
Small acidophils
No hormone isolated
Hormones found in infundibular process or pars nervosa
Oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone
Adrenal cortex is consist of
Zona glomerulosa
Zona fasciculata and zona reticularis
Zona glomerulosa is consist of what corticoids
Mineralocorticoids
Zona fasciculata and zona reticularis is consist of
Glucocorticoids and androgenic hormones
Adrenal medulla cells
Chromaffin cells- catecholamines
It contains chromaffin cells in groups or chords
Medulla
Medulla contain either
Epinephrine or norepinephrine
Cells appear stellate containing a rather prominent round nucleus
Medulla
Cells are derived from neural crest cells
Chromaffin cells
Islets of Langerhans
Pancreas
Cells of of pancreas
Alpha cells
Beta cells
Delta cells
F cells
What cell is glucagon
Alpha cells
