Endocrine Glands and Hormones
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Endocrine Glands and Hormones

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Where do the secretory cells of endocrine glands release their products?

Into a neighboring vascularized compartment for uptake by capillaries

How do endocrine cells typically aggregate?

As cords

Where does the pituitary gland lie in the body?

Below the brain in a cavity of the sphenoid bone

What are the two parts of the pituitary gland?

<p>Posterior neurohypophysis and anterior adenohypophysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

From which embryonic tissues does the pituitary gland develop?

<p>Oral ectoderm and developing brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary capillary network that irrigates the stalk and median eminence supplied by?

<p>Superior hypophyseal arteries</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the adenohypophysis is covered by a thin fibrous capsule?

<p>Pars distalis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which cells in the pars distalis are also called basophils and acidophils based on their staining affinity?

<p>Chromophils</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal portal system?

<p>It carries neuropeptides from the median eminence to the adenohypophysis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which hormones regulate almost all other endocrine glands, milk secretion, melanocyte activity, and the metabolism of muscle, bone, and adipose tissue?

<p>Somatotropic and mammotropic cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

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