Pituitary

Question 1

Adenohypophysis divisions

Answer 1

pars distalis, pars intermedia, and pars tuberalis

Question 2

Anterior lobe

Answer 2

pars distalis

Question 3

what is regulated by releasing hormones from the hypothalamus ?

Answer 3

Adenohypophysis

Question 4

Acidophils

Answer 4

• somatotropic cells and the lactotropic cells.

- secrete growth hormone and prolactin

Question 5

Basophils

Answer 5

• gonadotrophic, corticotrophin cells and thyrotropic cells.

- secretes FSH,LH,ACTH &TSH

Question 6

Lactotropic

Answer 6

prolactin

Question 7

Thyrotropic

Answer 7

thyroid stimulating hormones

Question 8

Somatotropic cells

Answer 8

Growth hormone

Question 9

Corticotropic cells

Answer 9

• Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)

- Melanocyte- stimulating hormone (MSH)

Question 10

Gonadotropic cells

Answer 10

• Follicle stimulating hormone

- Luteinizing hormone

Question 11

Growth hormone

Answer 11

Stimulates growth of bones , muscles and other organs

Question 12

TSH

Answer 12

Stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormones

Question 13

ACTH

Answer 13

stimulates the secretion of hormones from adrenal cortex

Question 14

FSH &LSH

Answer 14

Regulate ovaries and testes

Question 15

Prolactin

Answer 15

Production of breastmilk during lactation

Question 16

Neurohypophysis

Answer 16

pars nervosa, infundibular stalk, and median eminence.

Question 17

Posterior lobe

Answer 17

PARS NERVOSA

Question 18

Infundibulum

Answer 18

Connects the pituitary to the hypothalamus

Question 19

Hormones secreted by the posterior loBE

Answer 19

-antiduretic hormone and oxytocin

Question 20

ADH

Answer 20

water reabsorption by the kidney

Question 21

Oxytocin

Answer 21

Uterine contractions