20 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Pituitary mean ______?
Spit mucus
Master gland
Pituitary
What will happen without pituitary?
Cessation of growth
Profound Alterations in intermediate metabolism
Failure of gonadal, thyroidal and adrenal func
Pituitary is also referred to as ___________ meaning “under growth”
Hypophysis
Where is the location of pituitary?
Under hypothalamus
Functions of pituitary
Feed back loops
Diurnal rhythm
Pulsatile secretion
Environmental or external modifications of its performance
Anterior pituitary is also referred to as
Adenohypophysis
Intermediate lobe
Pars medialis
Posterior pituitary
Neurohypophysis
Poorly developed in humans and has little function
Pars intermedialis/ intermediate lobe
Posterior pituitary arises from ______________
Diancephalon
Storage and rreleases oxytocin and ADH?
Posterior pituitary
The largest portion of the gland?
Anterior pituitary gland
Anterior pituitary gland arises from?
Rathke’s pouch
______________An evagination of buccal ectoderm that progressively extendeds upward and enveloped by __________________
Rathke’s pouch and sphenoid bone
_____________ is the critical event in the formation of hypothalamic hyphyseal unit
Median eminence and pituitary stalk
Pituitary functions can be detected by ___________ of gestation
7-9 weeks
Prolactin secreting cells
Lactotrophs
Growth hormone secreting cells
Somatotrophs
Thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cells
Thyrotrophs
ACTH-secreting cells
Corticotrophs
LSH AND FSH secreting cells
Gonadotrophs
