histo Flashcards
location of pit
beneath 3rd ventricle
sits in sella turcica
emb of pit
pp- downgrowth of hypoth, nervous tissue
ap- upgrowth of roof of primitive oral cavity (rathkes pouch), epithelial tissue
ant pit typical arrangement
cord and clumps of epith with fenest capill network
h is stored as secretory granules
three cell types in ant pit
chromophobes- weak staining
chromophils - baso or acidophile
three cell types in ant pit
chromophobes- weak staining
chromophils - baso or acidophil
acidophil majority of ap
soamtotroph bulk of acidophils
mammotrophs
prl (20%)
acidophil
somatotrophs
hg (50%)
acidophil
gonadotrophs
lh and fsh (5%)
basophil
thyrotrophs
tsh (5%)
basophil
corticotrophs
acth (20%)
basophil
pars intermedia distinguishing feature
clusters of basophilic cells
with small cystic spaces of eosinophilic material in them
pituicytes
supporting glial cells in pp
herring bodies
distended ends of axon that contain neurosecretory granules in pp
2 components of pancreas
exo - acinus
endo - islets of langs
islets of l cells
3000 secretory cells that
small pale cyto
beta, alpha, delta
beta cells
insulin (60% of islets)
throughout the tissue
alpha cells
glucagon (20%)
periph of thr islet tissue
delta cells
somatostatin
the exo panc appearance
looks like purple blue petals with white centre (the duct)
origin of adrenal gland segments
cortex- mesod
medulla - neural crest
zones of adrenal gland ext to int
zona glom
zona fasc
zona retic
medulla
zona glom secretes
aldos
zona fasc and retic secretes
cortisol & androgens
medulla secretes
epin & norepin