Suprarenal Glands & Pituitary Glands- Taylor

Question 0

Shape of left suprarenal gland

Answer 0

Semilunar

Question 1

Shape of right suprarenal gland

Answer 1

Pyramidal

Question 2

What does the suprarenal cortex secrete?

Answer 2

Corticosteroids

Androgens

Question 3

What does the suprarenal medulla secrete?

Answer 3

Epinephrine and norepinephrine as hormones, not neurotransmitters

Question 4

The superior suprarenals arteries are branches of what?

Answer 4

Inferior phrenic arteries

Question 5

The inferior suprarenal arteries are branches of what?

Answer 5

Renal arteries

Question 6

Where does the right suprarenal vein drain to?

Answer 6

Inferior vena cava

Question 7

Where does the left suprarenal drain to?

Answer 7

Left renal vein

Question 8

What is the derivation of medulla chromaffin cells?

Answer 8

Neural crest ectoderm

Question 9

Where is the pituitary gland located?

Answer 9

The middle cranial fossa within the sella turcica

Question 10

Superior to pituitary gland

Answer 10

Diaphragm sellae
Hypothalamus
Optic chiasm and tracts

Question 11

Inferior to pituitary gland

Answer 11

Sphenoid sinus

Sphenoid bone

Question 12

Lateral to pituitary gland

Answer 12

Internal carotid arteries

Cavernous sinus

Question 13

Derivation of the adenohypophysis

Answer 13

Surface ectoderm of developing mouth

Question 14

Derivation of the neurohypophysis

Answer 14

Neural ectoderm of the the developing diencephalon

Question 15

What does the posterior lobe of the pituitary contain?

Answer 15

Infundibular process
Infundibular stem
Medial eminence of the hypothalamus