Histology #8 (Endocrine) Flashcards
Hypothlumus
Location - In the brain between the thalumus and the pituitary halnd
Function -
1. Connects the nervous and endocrine systems
2. Receives signals input from many brain regions
3. Endocrine control center for maintaining homoestasis (monitors body for homoestasis)
- Releases hromones for antrior pititary regulation (releases hormones that act on the pituitary–> pituitary then releases hormones to effect organ)
- Produces ADH and oxytocin (released in the posterior pittutary)
Hypothelumus feedback + function
Overall - signals the pitutary gland to then release or inhibit its own hormones
Modultes a broad range of boldily functions to mainatin homeostasis:
1. Body tempertre
2. Blod pressure
3. Hunger and thirst
4. Sense of fullness when eating
5. MOod
6. Sex drive
7. Sleep
Hypotheliumus histology
Hypothelumus is connected directly to the posterior pituitray and the highly ceullarluzed antiorir pitutary
Image – see hypothelumus at the top ; bottom is the pituitray - connected by the pituitary stalk
Pituitary gland
Secretes hormones that have a direct/indirect effect on many other endocrine glands
Made up of two lobes:
1. Antior lobe (adenophypophis) –> Hypothelimis Hypohysea portal system
2. Posterior love (neurophypophis) –> Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal tract
Image - axons and tracts of nerves come into the posterior lobe ; antrior lobe is only a network of blood vessels
Pituitary gland Antioior lobe
Composed of:
1. Par Tuberalis
- Cuboidal epithelial
- hypophyseal portal vessles
2. Pars intermedia
- Cuboidal epithelium
- Layer of tissue filled with Coilloid-filled cysts
3. Pars distalis
- Cells arraged in thcik cords bordering on sinusiidal capilaries (allows cells to secrete hormones to capialries)
- Secretes the majority of hormones
- Largest region
Pituitary gland Antioior lobe staining
Chrompahil = cell that stains easily with dyes (in antrior lobe)
Types of cells in Antrior lobe:
1. Acidophiles (stains PINK) - growth hormone + prolactin
2. Basophils (stains PRUPLE) - Corticotrophin + Thryroid stimulating hormone + Follicle stimulating hromone + Letinizing hromeon
Have Fenetrated capilaries (in antior lobe)
Pituitary gland Antioior lobe staining - IMAGE 2
Pink arroes = Acidophils
Purple Arrows = Basophils
Pituitray galnd - Anteiror Lobe Secretions
Secretes:
1. Growth hormone - promotes body growth + targets growth plate in bone
2. Prolactine = Development of mmamry galnd during pregancey + stimulates milk production
3. Corticotrophin (ACTH) - stimulates adrenal cortext to produce glucocoticoids
4. Thyrodi stimulate homrone - Stimulates synethsis + secretion of thryoid hormones
5. Follicle stimulating Hormone - Promotes ovarian grwth/secretion of estrogen + promotes spermogensis/secretion of androgen binding protein
6. Liteinzing hromone - induce ovulation + stimultes testes (leydig cells) to synthesize and release testrone
Pituitray galnd - Posterior Lobe
Made up of 2 sections:
1. Infundibulum (pititray stalk)
- Contains non-mylinated axons
2. Pars Nervosa
- Conatins non-mylinated axons + has fenestrated capilaries + secretes hormones
Secrets:
1. Oxytosin - Contraction in birth + breast feeding
2. ADH - arterial constriction + water balance
Cells pituitray gland - posterior lobe
- Contains non-mylinated axons (nuerosecretry cells)
- Cell bodies are located in the hypothlumus ; only axons in posterior lobe - Contains supports glial cells (Pituicytes)
- Fenestrated capilaries
IMAGE - See non-mylinated axons + see the supporting glial cells
Hemeostatsis regulation by the hypothlumys
Overall - Hypotheumus = a control center that uses isgnlas form the body to monitor and mianatin homeostasis
Uses Negative feedback
Negative Feedback
Regulatory mechanism whose output decreases the processes that led to that output
- Helps maintain stabilized sytsem and steady state
- Autoregulation
Image - have detection by the hypothelumus –> respond to released hromone –> go to pituary –> pituitray releases hromone –> hormone goes to effect –> hypothlymus sees wehn we are in homoestsis –> stop secreting hormones
Hypothalamic-Pituitray-Adrenal Axis (Feedback)
- Detect stress
- Respond - Hypothelimic sees tress and releases CRH –> casues Pititratu release of ACTH
- Hormones effect organ - ACTH causes the adrenal gland releases cortisol (increases BP + increase glucose)
- Feedback - Negative feedback to the hypothelumus and pititary gland to slow the release of CRH and ACTH
- Hypothlumus see sincrease in cortisol in blood –> slows down and stops cyle
Result - Autoregulated temperary response to a stessful event
Thyroid gland
Singe bilobed endocrine gland
Location - Antior to the tachea ; inferior to the larynx
Covering:
1. True capsule - fibroelastic connective tissue
2. False capsue - Pre-tracheal layer of cervical fascia
Structural and functional units = Thryoid follciles –> made up of Follcicular cels + Parafolicular cells + basemment memebrane
Thyroid gland Folicular cells
Overal - follicular cells line the thyroid follicle
- Rest of the basement membrane
Vary in size
Simple squmous = metabolically inactive
Simple cuboidal = metabolicaly active
Lumen formed by cell is filled with geltnous coloid
- Colloid is made by glycoprotein thyroglobulin
- Colloid is Acidophilic (stains PAS positive)
Image - shows PAS ; arrow shows colloid
Thyroid gland Folicular cells histology #2
See Folicular cells + coiloid
Thyroid Gland Parafoliclar cells
Parafoliclar cells = Distrubuted between follcicular cells and the basement membrane
Large + polyhedral + pale staining cells
- Oval + Eccentric nuceli
Function - Secretes calcitonin –> maintains calcium homeostasis
Can stain with IHC - stain for cacitonins = can see parafoliclaular cells
Image - see colloid + folicul;ar + parafolcilar cells
Thryoid function
Overall - Increases cellular metabolsim
- Increases respiration + thermogensis –> increases oxygen consumption + heat + basal metabolic rate
Acts on neary all systems (cardio + pulinary + nervous)
Thryoid function on cardiovascular
Icreases mycoadial intracceular calcium –> increases muclar contraction force and speed –> increases stoke volume + CO +HR
Thryoid function on Pulimary
Increases respiration rate + increases erthropoeitin/hemoglobulin –> increases oxygen delivery
Thryoid function on nervous
Increases wakefulness + alternternns in CNS
Thyroid Hormone from folicular cells
Folluclular Cells secerte:
T3 (triiodothryionine)- Active hormone
T4 (thryxine) - Less active form
- converted to T3 by type I (periphery) or type II (CNS) deionidases)
Thyroid Hormone from parafolliclar cells
Parafolliclar cells secrete:
Calcitonin - Oposses aarthryoid parathyroid hromone –> decreases blood calcium level
Synthesis fo Thryoid Hormones
DON’T memorize
Regulation of Thyroid Hormones
T3 and T4 = uses a nagetive feedback loop
- Thryoid releasing hromone producded in the hypothelymus
- TRH stimulates the release of thyroid of TSH
- TSH triggers secretion of T3 and T4
- T3 and T4 inhibit section of TSH by acting on hypothelumys and pitutitary
Calcitonin regulated by level of blood calcium
- Higher blood caclium = greater secretion