Endocrine Glands (ANP 2) Week 1

Pituitary Gland

What cells are associated with the Anterior Pituitary?

1. Acidophils

2. Basophils

3. Chromophobes

What cells are associated with the Posterior Pituitary?

1. Nerve Fibers

2. Pituicytes

Pineal Gland

Thyroid Gland

What cells are associated with the Thyroid Gland?

1. Follicles (filled follicles)

2. C cells/parafollicular cells (follicle cells)

Parathyroid Gland

What cells are associated with Parathyroid Glands?

1. Chief cells

2. Oxyphil cells

Thymus

Adrenal Glands

What cells are associated with Adrenal Glands?

1. Cortex cells and able to differentiate zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculata, zona reticularis

2. Medulla cells

Pancreas

What cells are associated with the Pancreas

1. Islet of Langerhans

2. Alpha cells

3. Beta cells

Anterior Lobe secretes?

1. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

2. Luteinizing hormone (LH)

3. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

4. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

5. Prolactin (PRL)

6. Growth hormone (GH)

Posterior Lobe secretes?

1. Oxytocin

2. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

Pineal Gland secretes?

Melatonin

Thyroid Gland secretes?

1. Thyroid Hormone (TH)

2. Calcitonin

Parathyroid Gland secretes?

1. Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)

Thymus Gland secretes?

1. Thymopoietin

2. Thymulin

Adrenal Glands secretes?

1. Epinephrine

2. Norepinephrine

3. Cortisol

4. Androgens and Estrogens

Pancreas secretes?

1. Insulin

2. Glucagon

Ovaries secrete?

1. Estrogen

2. Progesterone

Testes secrete?

Testosterone

Zona glomerulosa

Zona fasciculata

Zona reticularis

Adrenal Medulla