endocrine system

• what type of capillaries are typically found in endocrine glands?

  fenestrated
• the median eminence is in the ---.

  hypothalamus
• most endocrine glands have a --- capsule.

  fibrous connective tissue
• the anterior pituitary is also known as the ---.

  adenohypophysis
• what are the cell types in the anterior pituitary?

  acidophils

  basophils

  chromophobes
• what are the two types of acidophils?

  somatotropes

  mammotropes
• somatotropes secrete ---.

  growth hormone
• mammotropes secrete ---.

  prolactin
• what are the three types of basophils?

  corticotropes

  thyrotropes

  gonadotropes
• corticotropes are commonly associated with what hormones?

  ACTH

  POMC
• thyrotropes secrete

  thyroid stimulating hormones
• gonadotropes secrete --- and ---.

  LH

  FSH
• what are the three parts of the anterior pituitary?

  pars distalis

  pars intermedia

  pars tuberalis
• pars distalis has what kinds of cells?

  all cell types
• pars intermedia has what type of cells?

  basophils

  chromophobes
• what part of the anterior pituitary is associated with a residual cyst with colloids?

  pars intermedia
• what 2 types of cells are found in the pars tuberalis?

  gonadotropes

  corticotropes
• the anterior pituitary are associated from what embryonic source?

  rathke's pouch
• the posterior pituitary is also called?

  neurohypophysis
• neurosecretory neurons secrete --- and ---.

  vasopressin

  oxytocin
• herring bodies are found in the ---.

  posterior pituitary
• herring bodies are --- of ---.

  accumulation

  hormones
• pituicytes are found in the ---.

  posterior pituitary
• pituicytes are specialized ---.

  astrocytes
• posterior pituitary has --- blood supply.

  rich
• Prl will stain the same as

  GH
• gonad hormones such as ---, ---, --- will stain the same.

  LH

  FSH

  TSH
• what are the cell types in the thyroid?

  follicle cells

  parafollicular cells
• follicle cells secrete

  thyroid hormones
• what are the two specific kinds of thyroid hormones secreted by the follicle cells?

  tetraiodothyronine

  triiodothyronine
• parafollicular cells secrete ---.

  calcitonin
• follicle cells are filled with --- colloid.

  thyroglobulin
• blisters are found in the --- of the --- cells which indicate ---.


  lumen

  follicle

  phagocytosis
• how many parathyroid glands are on one thyroid?

  4
• what are the types of parathyroid cells?

  chief cells

  oxyphils
• chief cells secrete ---.

  parathyroid hormones
• what type of cell is the smaller cell in the parathyroid?

  chief cells
• what kind of tissue is commonly found in the parathyroid glands?

  adipose tissue
• the adrenal gland consists of two parts: --- and ---.


  cortex

  medulla
• the cortex is made up of three zones:

  zona glomerulosa

  zona fasiculata

  zona reticularis