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Histology Of The Pituitary, Hypothalamus, And Pineal Flashcards

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What is the location of the hypothalamus?

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  • Floor of the diecephalon

- Forms part of the wall of the 3rd ventricle

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What two hormones does the hypothalamus produce and where are they stored?

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Oxytocin and ADH

Posterior pituitary

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What nuclei PRIMARILY makes ADH?

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Supraoptic

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What nuclei PRIMARILY makes oxytocin?

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Paraventricular

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What hormone released from the hypothalamus inhibits the release of GH and TSH?

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Somatostatin

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What hormone released from the hypothalamus inhibits the release of prolactin?

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Prolactin-inhibiting hormone (PIH or Dopamine)

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Location of the pituitary gland?

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In the Sella Turcica within the sphenoid bone of the skull

Posterior to the optic chiasm

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A pituitary tumor greater than 1 cm can present with what?

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  • bitemporal hemianopsia (problems with peripheral vision)
  • Hypopituitarism
  • headache
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What develops into the adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary)?

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Oral ectoderm

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What develops into the neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary)?

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Neuroectoderm

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Endocrine cells are always very close to what?

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Fenestrated capillaries

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What is the outgrowth of the roof of the mouth called before is buds off to from the anterior pituitary?

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Rathke’s pouch

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The regressing stalk of Rathke’s pouch can leave residual tissue which may become a tumor called a what?

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Craniopharyngioma

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A Craniopharyngioma is usually BENIGN but causes problems due to mass effect and also often contains what 2 things?

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  • cystic spaces

- calcifications

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What are the 3 regions of the Adenohypophysis?

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  • Pars Distalis
  • Pars tuberalis
  • Pars intermedia
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Anterior portion of the adenohypophysis is what?

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Pars Distalis (largest portion)

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Portion of the adenohypophysis that surrounds the infundubular stalk?

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Pars tuberalis

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Portion of adenohypophysis that divides the anterior and posterior

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Pars intermedia

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2 regions of the neurohypophysis

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  • Pars nervosa (bulk of it)

- Infundibular stalk

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6 hormones produced by Pars Distalis?

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F: FSH
L: LH
A: ACTH
T: TSH
P: Prolactin
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G: GH

FLAT PiG

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2 Major groups of cells in the Pars Distalis?

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  • Chromophils (readily takes of H&E stain)

- Chromophobes (doesn’t take up stain)

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What are the two types of Chromophils?

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  • Acidophils (Acid loving - takes up eosin=pink)

_Basophils (basic loving - takes up hematoxylin=purple/blue)

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What 4 hormones to basophils produce?

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  • Gonadotrophs (FSH and LH)
  • Corticotrophs (ACTH)

Thyrotrophs (TSH)

FLAT

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What hormones do Acidophils produce?

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  • Mammotrophs (Prolactin)
  • Somatotrophs (GH)

PiG = Pink

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Name the Hormone: stimulates ovarian follicle maturation and estrogen production in females; stimulates Sertoli cells to produce sperm in males.
FSH
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What is FSH inhibited by?
Estrogen in females Inhibin in males
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Names the hormone: Triggers ovulation and ovarian production of estrogen and progesterone in females; Promotes Leydig cell production of testosterone in males.
LH
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- Delayed/Absent puberty and anomia (no sense of smell) - Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism - genetic mutation - Prevents migration of GnRH neurons to arcuate nucleus and olfactory neurons to olfactory bulb
Kallman Syndrome
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Name the hormone: stimulated by CRH in circadian manner; stimulates the adrenal cortex to release glucocorticoids and androgen
ACTH
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What is ACTH inhibited by?
Feedback inhibition by glucocorticoids (cortisol)
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Name the hormone: stimulates thyroid gland to release T3 and T4 --> control metabolism
TSH
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What inhibits TSH?
Feedback inhibitions by T3 and T4
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Name the hormone: Stimulates milk production and promotes lactation; Inhibits GnRH and thus FSH and LH
Prolactin
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What enhances decreased PIH and thus stimulates prolactin production?
- Estrogens - Birth control - Breast Feeding - dopamine antagonist drugs
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Name the hormone: Indirectly stimulates overall growth of bone and soft tissue via production of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) aka somatomedin; Pulsatile secretion, greatest in 1st 2 hours of sleep
GH
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Name the hormone: inhibited by hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, emotional deprivation
GH
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Name it hormone: stimulated by hypoglycemia, low levels of FA's, high blood levels of aa's, and exercise
GH
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Name the disorder: Loss of feedback control of growth hormone secretion or the GH secreting tumor in pituitary
Pituitary gigantism
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Name the disorder: Excessive ADULT production of growth hormone; growth of face, hands, and feet; increase in viscera; overproduction of glucose leads to diabetes
Acromegaly
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Name the disorder: Growth retardation resulting in abnormally short adult stature; caused by hereditary or metabolic; insufficient growth hormone; problem can be in hypothalamus or pituitary;
Pituitary dwarfism
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Non-pituitary dwarfism is caused by what?
Inadequate nutrition early in life
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Region of the adenohypophysis that in other animals synthesizes proopiomelanocortin so it changes skin color
Pars intermedia
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Glial like Cells of the Pars Nervosa that appear to support numerous unmyelinated nerve fibers traveling from the hypothalamus
Pituicytes
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Expanded axon terminals in the Pars Nervosa that are filled with stored secretory granules that contain, ADH, and Oxytocin and neurophysin carries
Herring bodies
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What is the release of ADH regulated by?
Hypothalamic osmoreceptors and Baroreceptors
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What does ADH regulate
Serum osmolarity
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What artery supplies blood supply to the pituitary?
Internal carotid
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What supplies Pars Nervosa with blood
Inferior hypophyseal arteries
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What supplies median eminence and infundibulum with blood?
Superior hypophyseal artery
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Neuronoendocrine transducer that handling photic information from the retina happens where?
Pineal gland
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Plays a role in growth, development, and regulation of circadian rhythms
Pineal gland
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Main functions are to manufacture melatonin and serotonin
Pineal gland
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What is the pineal gland regulated by?
Post ganglionic sympathetics from superior cervical ganglion
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Histological characteristic of pineal gland
- Calcified granular material ("brain sand") | - NO neurons
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Melatonin is synthesized from what?
Tryptophan
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Pineal tumors are linked to what?
Precocious (premature) puberty

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