Histology Endocrine System Flashcards
What type of glands secrete onto a surface, either directly or via a duct
exocrine glands
What type of glands secrete internally, are ductless, secrete hormones, and primarily utilize the cardiovascular system for distribution?
endocrine glands
There are two types of hormones. They are:
circulating hormones and local hormones (local include paracrine and autocrine)
What types of body parts does the hypothalamus control?
visceral functions
What types of functions does the hypothalamus include?
regulation of body temp, food intake, water balance/thirst, sleep-wake cycles, sexual behavior, and endocrine system function
the hypothalamus is the major link between what two systems?
endocrine and nervous
What is considered the “command center for the endocrine system”
hypothalamus
How many hormones are produced by the hypothalamus?
9
Briefly describe the number of hormones that go to each part of the pituitary, where they come from, and what about them is unique?
All of the hormones to the pituitary are coming from the hypothalamus. There are 5 RELEASING hormones going to the anterior pituitary, 2 INHIBITING hormones going to the anterior pituitary, and 2 OTHER hormones going to the posterior pituitary
What connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland?
infundibulum
The pituitary gland is also known as what?
hypophysis
What sits in the hypophyseal fossa within the sella turcia of the sphenoid bone?
pituitary gland
Name the three divisions of the anterior pituitary gland
1) pars distalis (bulk of anteior lobe… epithelial cells interspersed with fenestrated capillaries)
2) pars intermedia (thin remnant)
3) pars tuberalis (forms a collar or sheath around infundibulum, most cells here are basophilic gonadotropic cells)
Name the two divisions of the posterior pituitary gland
1) pars nerosa (neurosecretory axons and their endings)
2) infundibulum (neurosecretory axons forming hypothalamo-hypophyseal tracts)
Of the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes, which is the larger and more well defined of the two?
posterior
What is the embryological name for the future posterior pituitary? anterior?
posterior: neurohypophyseal bud
anterior: hypophyseal pouch
At what week in embryological development do the hypophyseal pouch and neurohypophyseal bud form?
week 3
During what period of pregnancy have the anterior and posterior pituitary fully formed?
fetal period
The pituitary gland (hypophysis) is derived in part from an outpocketing of the _____ lining the roof of the mouth called the _____ pouch and in part from an outpocketing of the _____ lining the floor of the hypothalamus called the neurohypophyseal bud
ectoderm
hypophyseal
neuroectoderm
Which lobe of the pituitary develops from the roof of the mouth?
anterior lobe
Hypothalmic hormones travel down the axons of _____ neurons to the axon terminals where they exit into the pituitary via exocytosis
neurosecretory
The hormones of the hypothalamus diffuse into the hypophyseal portal system via what?
primary plexus of the hypophyseal portal system (fenestrated capillaries)
Which structure brings hormones from the primary plexus of the hypophyseal portal system to the pars distalis of the pituitary gland?
secondary plexus of the hypophyseal portal system
What are the two large groupings of secretory cells stored in the pars distalis based on staining affinity?
1) chromophils
2) chromophobes
What are the two divisions of the chromophilic secretory cells in the pituitary gland?
1) basophils (gonadotropic, corticotropic, & thyrotropic)
2) acidophils (somatotropic, mammotropic)
Name the 7 hormones of the anterior pituitary
1) HGH
2) TSH (thyroid stim)
3) FSH (follicle stim)
4) LH
5) Prolactin
6) ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic)
7) MSH (melanocyte-stimulating)
What percent of the pars distalis cells are chromophobes?
50%
HGH is secreted by _____ and is an _____
somatotrophs, acidophil
TSH is secreted by _____ and is an _____
thyrotrophs, basophil
FSH is secreted by _____ and is an _____
gonadotrophs, basophil
LH is secreted by _____ and is an _____
gonadotrophs, basophil
Prolactin is secreted by _____ and is an _____
lactotrophs, basophil
ACTH is secreted by _____ and is an _____
corticotrophs, basophil