Antomy - Endocrine

Question 1

What does the intermediate pituitary lobe produce

Answer 1

Melanin

Question 2

What cells are found in the pancreas?

Answer 2

Acinar cells, ductal cells and endocrine cells (beta, delta, alpha and pp cells)

Question 3

What are the endocrine tissues in the pancreas called

Answer 3

Pancreatic islets

Question 4

What are the exocrine tissues in the pancreas called?

Answer 4

Acini

Question 5

What cells are present in the parathyroid gland?

Answer 5

Chief cells and oxyphil cells

Question 6

What hormone is produced by the parathyroid gland? What is this hormone’s function?

Answer 6

Parathyroid hormone and it’s function is to regulate low calcium levels in the body.

Question 7

What are the clusters of chief cells arranged as in the parathyroid gland.

Answer 7

Cords or nests

Question 8

Which cell has densely packed mitochondria in the cytoplasm that gives it a granular appearance?

Answer 8

Oxyphil cells

Question 9

What is found in the anterior pituitary gland?

Answer 9

Capillaries, reticulin fibres and acidophils

Question 10

What is found in the posterior pituitary?

Answer 10

Herring body, blood vessels and pituicytes (glial cells)

Question 11

What is a herring body?

Answer 11

A herring body is an extended body of a synapse

Question 12

What is contained in the herring body?

Answer 12

ADH, oxytocin, and acetylcholine

Question 13

What is a chromophobe?

Answer 13

A retired cell that doesn’t want to do anything

Question 14

A cell has a purple nucleus and a pink cytoplasm. What cell is this?

Answer 14

Eosinophilic cell

Question 15

A cell has a purple nucleus and purple cytoplasm. What cell is this?

Answer 15

A basophilic cell

Question 16

A cell has a purple nucleus and a magenta cytoplasm. What cell is this?

Answer 16

An amphophilic cell

Question 17

A cell has a purple nucleus and a clear cytoplasm. What cell is this?

Answer 17

Chromophobic cell

Question 18

What hormone does a coticotroph secrete? Is a corticotroph basophilic?

Answer 18

Corticotrophs are basophilic and they secrete ACTH.

Question 19

What do gonadotrophs secrete? Is this cell eosinophilic?

Answer 19

Gonadotrophs are basophilic and they secrete LH and FSH.

Question 20

What do lactotrophs secrete? Are they eosinophilic?

Answer 20

Lactotrophs are esinophilic and they secrete prolactin which stimulates milk production.

Question 21

What do somatotrophs secrete? Are these cells basophilic.

Answer 21

No, these cells are eosinophilic and they secrete growth hormone

Question 22

What is contained in the colloid in the thyroid gland?

Answer 22

Colloids contain a gel like substance that contains thyroglobulin which is a precursor to the thyroid hormone.

Question 23

What hormones are produced by the thyroid hormone?

Answer 23

Thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) and calcitonin

Question 24

What do alpha cells produce?

Answer 24

Glucagon

Question 25

What do delta cells produce?

Answer 25

Somatostatin

Question 26

What do beta cells produce?

Answer 26

Insulin

Question 27

What to PP cells produce?

Answer 27

Pancreatic polypeptide

Question 28

What cell is most prominent in the endocrine pancreas?

Answer 28

Beta cells

Question 29

What is special about delta cells?

Answer 29

Delta calls have an elongated nucleus and have little cytoplasm:

Question 30

What is the location of the adrenal gland?

Answer 30

On top of the kidneys

Question 31

What is the outer zone of the adrenal gland?

Answer 31

Zona Glomerulosa

Question 32

What is the middle zone of the adrenal gland?

Answer 32

Zona fasculata

Question 33

What is the inner most zone of the adrenal gland?

Answer 33

Medulla

Question 34

What is next to the medulla in the adrenal gland?

Answer 34

Zona reticularis

Question 35

Where are the lipid-rich cells found?

Answer 35

Zona fasculata and the Zona reticularis

Question 36

Where are the chromaffin cells found in the adrenal gland?

Answer 36

The medulla

Question 37

What catecholmines are found in the chromaffin cells?

Answer 37

Epinephrine and norepinephrine

Question 38

Why are endocrine glands rich in blood?

Answer 38

So they they can transport their hormones easier and faster

Question 39

What hormone is in the Zona glomerulosa?

Answer 39

Aldosterone

Question 40

What hormone is in the Zona fasculata

Answer 40

Cortisol

Question 41

What hormone is in the Zona reticularis?

Answer 41

Androgens

Question 42

What hormone is in the medulla?

Answer 42

Catecholmines

Question 43

What do parafolicular cells produce?

Answer 43

Calcitonin

Question 44

Where is the thyroid gland located?

Answer 44

The neck region

Question 45

How are the follicular cells arranged?

Answer 45

Follicular cells like the outside of a colloid

Question 46

Dose the eosinophilic cytoplasm of chief cells indicate their protein rich content?

Answer 46

Yes

Question 47

What is larger? Chief cells or oxyphil cells

Answer 47

Oxyphil cells

Question 48

Are fat cells found in the parathyroid gland?

Answer 48

Yes

Question 49

What is the role of the adrenal gland?

Answer 49

Production of hormones that regulate stress response, metabolism, and electrolyte balance