Pituitary & Hypothalamus (Kallie)

Embryonic Origins of Pituitary gland
- sella turcica
- Adenohypophysis - oral ectoderm --> Rathke's pouch
- Neurohypophysis - neuroectoderm --> hypothalamus extension
Divisions of the Pituitary Gland
- Adenohypophysis:
- pars distalis
- pars intermedia
- pars tuberalis
- Neurohypophysis:
- pars nervosa
- infundibulum stem
- medial eminence
Cells of the Adenohypophysis - Pars distalis
- Chromophils
- (acidophilic): somatrophs & mammotrophs
- (basophilic): thyrotrophs, corticotrophs & gonadotrophs
- Chromophobes (degranulated)
- Folliculostellate cells (support & intercommunication)

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Pituitary & Hypothalamus (Kallie)

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pituitary & hypothalamus

Updated

2011-12-11T20:12:53Z

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