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Divisions of the Pituitary and origins
Adenohypophysis (from oral ectoderm - Rathke's pouch)
Neurohypophysis (from diencepthalon)
What is the role of the pituitary?
Controls activity of other endocrine glands
Secretes hormones
Cell types of the anterior pituitary and their secretions
Somatotrophs - growth hormone
Mammotrophs - prolactin
Thyrotrophs - thyroid stimulating hormone
Gonadotrophs - LH or FSH
Corticotrophs - corticotropin
Acidophils
Somatotrophs
Mammotrophs
Basophils
Thyrotrophs
Gonadotrophs
Corticotrophs
What is the function of Growth Hormone?
Stimulates somatomedin production
Necessary for normal growth
What is the function of Prolactin?
Initiates and maintains milk production
What is the function of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone?
Stimulates synthesis and release of thyroid hormone
Proliferation of thyroid cells
What is the function of Follicle-stimulating hormone?
Females - used for ovarian follicular maturation
Males - regulates sperm production
What is the function of Lutenizing Hormone?
Females - ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation
Males - stimulates androgen production by Leydig cells of testes
What is the function of Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone (ACTH)?
Stimulates synth and release of glucocorticoids by adrenal cortex
Symptoms of hypopituitarism
Hypofunction of gonads, adrenal cortex, thyroid
Dwarfism
What is the product of the pars intermedia?
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (no function in humans)
What are the Opioid Peptides?
Natural opiate like effect
Endorphins
Enkephalins
Dynorphins
What makes up the Pars Nervosa?
Axons and endings of neurosecretory neurons from supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus
What are pituicytes?
Support cells of the Pars Nervosa
Hormones of the Pars Nervosa and their function
Oxytocin - contraction of uterine smooth muscle and myoepithelial cells of lactating breast
ADH - stimulates increased water reabsoption
A deficiency in which hormone may cause diabetes insipidus?
ADH
What is the function of the Pineal Body (Epiphysis)?
Neural control of circadian information
Produces melatonin (influences gonads, other endocrine glands)
How does melatonin secretion relate to the circadian cycle?
High secretion at night, low during day
Inhibited by light
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SFOS 68
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SFOS 68
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6/7/2011, 1:45:16 PM
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