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The pituitary gland has two important parts, what are their names and their parts
Adenohypophysis is composed of:
part of the anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis); superior extension of pars distalis
separates pars distalis and pars nervosa
largest and most important part of the adenohypophysis
part of the neurohypophysis; axons traveling from hypothalamus to pars nervosa
largest part of the neurohypophysis; made of nerve tissue, mainly axons whose cell bodies are located int he hypothalamus
What are the cells of the pars distalis of the adenohypophysis?
What are the types of Acidophils and where are they found?
Somatotropes: what are they (describe the structure), where are they, how and what they synthesize?
Mammotropes: what are they (describe the structure), where are they, how and what they synthesize?
prolactin: secreted by........., located in............
Gonadotropes are ______ of the _______
What are the basophils of the pars distalis?
Gonadotropes: what are they (describe the structure), where are they, how and what they synthesize?
Corticotropes: what are they (describe the structure), where are they, how and what they synthesize?
Thyrotropes: what are they (describe the structure), where are they, how and what they synthesize?
Cells in pars distalis that stain weakly; represent stem cells and cells that are partially degranulated
Most of the neurohypophysis consists of ______ mainly ______
The most common cells in the pars nervosa are the ______ which are ______
What type of capillaries are present in the pars nervosa of the neurohypophysis? why?
located in the pars nervosa; are dilated axon terminals filled with secretory granules containing hormonesز
When you see nuclei in the pars nervosa that is the________
Axons in the neurohypophysis contain secretory granules with ______ made by neuron cell bodies in the _______
The hormones vasopressin (ADH) and oxytocin are synthesized in the _______ and released from axons in the ________
Oxytocin: -function-_____, synthesized and released from___________
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)/ vasopressin-function-synthesized and released from