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A&P glands

  1. Name all the endocrine glands
    • 1 pineal gland
    • 2 hypothalamus
    • 3 pituitary 
    • 4 thyroid
    • 5 parathyroid
    • 6 thymus
    • 7 adrenal glands
    • 8 pancreas
    • 9 ovaries & testes
  2. identify 1-5 a &b. 
    • pituitary gland
    • 1) chromophobe
    • 2) basophil
    • 3) acidophil
    • 4) unmyelinated nerve fiber
    • 5) glia cells (pituicytes)
    • a) anterior pituitary
    • b) posterior pituitary
    • thyroid tissue
    • 1) follicular cells
    • 2) colloid of thyroglobulin
    • 3) c (parafollicular) cell
    • 4) Follicle
    • adrenal glands
    • 1 connective tissue capsule
    • 2) adrenal cortex
    • 3) zona glomerulosa
    • 4) zona fasciculata
    • 5) zona reticularis
    • 6) adrenal medulla
    • cells of the pancreatic islet
    • left) pancreatic islet
    • right) exocrine acinus exocrine glands: secrete into pancreatic duct.
    • 1) delta cells
    • 2) alpha cells
    • 3) beta cells
  7. located in the sella turcica
    • a) adrenal cortex
    • b) pituitary gland
    • c) thyroid gland
    • d) hypothalamus
    • e) adrenal medulla
    • f) pancreatic islets
    • g) parathyroid gland
    • h) thymus
    • i) thyroid gland
    • b) pituitary gland
  8. contains alpha, beta, and delta cells




    B) pancreatic islets
  9. contains colloid-filled cavities




    C) thyroid glands
  10. attached to posterior surface of thyroid gland




    A) parathyroid
  11. secretes corticosteroids




    C) adrenal cortex
  12. attached to the pituitary gland by a stalk




    B) hypothalamus
  13. gland inside another gland near the kidney




    A) adrenal medulla
  14. located in by the mediastinum




    D) thymus
  15. 6 hormones secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary
    • 1) growth hormone
    • 2) prolactin
    • 3) follicle stimulating hormone
    • 4) lutinizing hormone
    • 5) adrenocortotropic hormone (ACTH)
    • 6) thyroid stimulating hormone
  16. 2 hormones secreted by the posterior pituitary
    antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin
  17. 2 thyroid hormones secreted from the follicular cells
    thyroxine (t4) & thiiodothyronine (t3)
  18. name the hormone secreted from the parafollicular cells of the thyroid
    calcitonin
  19. name the most important corticosteroid secreted by the zona fasciculata cells of the adrenal cortex
    cortisol
  20. most noted corticosteroid secreted from the adrenal cortex's zona glomerulosa
    aldosterone
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A&P glands
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