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Endocrine System Anatomy Lecture 1

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What is the primary function of the hypothalamus?

Filtering waste from the blood

Regulating the autonomic nervous system, body temperature, and water balance (correct)

Producing hormones that regulate growth and development

Controlling the pituitary gland through nerve impulses

What is the location of the pituitary gland?

At the base of the brain, in the pituitary fossa of the sphenoid bone (correct)

At the top of the brain, near the pineal gland

In the spinal cord, near the thoracic region

In the middle of the brain, connected to the cerebellum

What is the name of the vascular connection between the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary?

Infundibulum

Pituitary stalk

Portal vein (correct)

Cavernous sinus

What is the name of the fold of dura mater that separates the pituitary gland from the optic chiasma?

Diaphragm sellae (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the system of blood vessels that connects the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary?

Pituitary portal system (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the posterior pituitary gland?

Neural ectodermal (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the fetal zone in the adrenal gland?

Production of precursor of steroids (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main artery supplying the pituitary gland?

Superior and inferior hypophyseal arteries (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the shape of the suprarenal gland?

Triangular (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the vessel that the left suprarenal vein drains into?

Left renal vein (B) Signup and view all the answers