Menna Abdel-Dayem

Very short questions

Thyroid, parathyraoid and pineal glands questions

1. Thyroid gland consists of _____ lobes connected by an  _____ (complete)

2. Describes the light microscopic picture of the thyroid follicles.

3. Describe the light and electron microscopic pictures of thyrocytes.

4. Thyroid follicular cells, correlate between  the ultrasturcture and function.

5. What is so unique about the thyroid follicular cells as endocrine cells.

6. Menion the function of thyroid follicular and parafollicular cells.

7. What stimulates the thyroid follicular cells to synthesize and secrete thyroid hormone?

8. T3 and T4 are secreted by which type of cells?

9. Describe: Parafollicular cells (C cells)

10.  _____made by parafollicular cells in the thyroid. (Complete)

11. Where are parathyroid glands located?

12. How many parathyroid glands are there?

13. What are the two cells in the parathyroid glands?

14. Describe the light and electron microscopic pictures of chief cells of parathyroid gland.

15. Describe the light and electron microscopic pictures of Oxyphil cells

16. Describe the pineal gland location.

17. What are the main cell types in the pineal gland?

18. What type of cells are found between clusters of pinealocytes?

19. What besides pinealocytes and glial cells are found in the pineal gland that is a radiological landmark?

20. Globules of basophilic calcified material known as brain sand found in the pineal gland; radiological landmark, explain how.