Endocrine Glands and Hormones
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Where do the secretory cells of endocrine glands release their products?

  • Into the digestive system
  • Directly into an epithelial duct
  • Into the lymphatic system
  • Into a neighboring vascularized compartment for uptake by capillaries (correct)
  • How do endocrine cells typically aggregate?

  • As cords (correct)
  • As tubules
  • As follicles
  • As acini
  • Where does the pituitary gland lie in the body?

  • Below the brain in a cavity of the sphenoid bone (correct)
  • At the base of the skull
  • Near the optic nerve
  • Within the brain ventricles
  • 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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