Endocrine System Histology

Question 1

Endocrine glands

Answer 1

Glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the blood rather than through a duct

Question 2

Exocrine glands

Answer 2

Secrete substances into a lumen/duct or onto a surface

Question 3

Peptide hormone

Answer 3

Insulin,Prolactin
Receptors at the cell surface

Question 4

Steroid hormones

Answer 4

Estradiol Testosterone need carrier proteins for transport
Nuclear receptors

Question 5

What type of gland

Answer 5

Endocrine

Question 6

What type of gland

Answer 6

exocrine

Question 7

Ductless gland
Uses blood vessels to transport information for signaling

Answer 7

Endocrine glands

Question 8

Name 1

Answer 8

Connective tissue

Question 9

Name 2

Answer 9

Capillary

Question 10

Name 3

Answer 10

Basophil

Question 11

Name 4

Answer 11

Chromophobe

Question 12

Name 5

Answer 12

Acidophil

Question 13

Name 6

Answer 13

Basophil

Question 14

Name 1

Answer 14

Pars distalis
Anterior pituitary

Question 15

Name 2

Answer 15

Pars Nervosa
Posterior pituitary

Question 16

Name 3

Answer 16

Pars intermedius

Question 17

Cells found in the Anterior pituitary

Answer 17

Acidophils ( 40%)
Basophils ( 10%)
Chromophobes ( 50%)

Question 18

Acidophils

Answer 18

40%
red
Somatotrophs (GH)
lactotrophs ( Prolactin)

Question 19

Basophils

Answer 19

Blue
10%
Thyrotrophs
Gonadotrophs
LH
Corticotrophs

Question 20

Chromophobes

Answer 20

50%
Resting or emptied cells

Question 21

Predominant cell in pars intermedia

Answer 21

Melanotropes

Question 22

Name 1

Answer 22

Pituicytes

Question 23

Name 2

Answer 23

Herring body

Question 24

Calcitonin inhibits

Answer 24

Osteoclasts which are responsible for bone resorption and lowers blood calcium level

Question 25

Chief cell

Answer 25

Parathyroid hormone

Question 26

Zona glomerulosa

Answer 26

Salt

Question 27

Zona fasciculata

Answer 27

Sugar

Question 28

Zona reticularis

Answer 28

Sex

Question 29

Leukopenia

Answer 29

Low white blood cell count Elevated risk of infection

Question 30

Leukocytosis

Answer 30

High white blood cell count May be caused by infection, allergy or other disease

Question 31

Leukemia

Answer 31

Cancer of hemopopietic tissue

Question 32

Name 1

Answer 32

Epinephrine

Question 33

Name 2

Answer 33

Norepinephrine

Question 34

Name 3

Answer 34

Capillaries

Question 35

Name 1

Answer 35

Zona glomerulosa

Question 36

Name 2

Answer 36

Zona Fasciculata

Question 37

Name 1

Answer 37

Chief cell

Question 38

Name 2

Answer 38

Oxyphil cell