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Endocrine cells:
Endocrine glands
Embedded in other organs (pl. enteroendocine system)
Regulation: synthesis of chemical transmitter
molecules (hormones)
Endocrine glands:
No excretory duct
Release of secretory product directly to the blood
stream
Target organs:
Receptors
Signal transduction pathways
The endocrine glands
Ectoderm: Mesoderm:
Neuroectoderm: gl. suprarenalis -
neurohypophysis cortex
corpus pineale Endoderm:
Neural crest:
Epithelium: gl.
gl. thyroidea -
parafollicular cells,
parathyroidea
gl. suprarenalis - Langerhans islets
medulla
Epithelium:
Rathke s pouch:
adenohypophysis
Slide 67, hypophysis, H&E, 4x
Neurohypophysis:
pars nervosa
Adenohypophysis:
pars intermedia
Adenohypophysis:
pars distalis
Slide 67, hypophysis pars nervosa, H&E, 40x
endothelial
cell
capillaries
(fenestrated
endothelium)
pituicytes
axons
(hypothalamo-
hypophyseal tract)
Slide 67, hypophysis pars intermedia, H&E, 40x
chromophobe cell
basophil cells
acidophil cells
Slide 85, hypothalamus, oxytocin immunocytochemistry, 4x
n. paraventricularis
axons
(hypothalamo-
hypophyseal tract)
3rd
ventricle
optic tract
n. supraopticus
Slide 85, n. supraopticus, oxytocin immunocytochemistry, 40x
Slide 68, thyroid gland, H&E, 4x
follicles
follicular
follicle epithelial
cells
colloid
(thyroglobulin)
capillary
Slide 69, parathyroid gland, H&E, 10x
oxyphil cells
chief cells
capillaries
Slides 69, parathyroid gland, H&E, 40x
chief cells
adipocytes
oxyphil cells
Slide 70, adrenal gland, H&E, 4x
cortex
medulla
capsule
Slide 70, adrenal gland - cortex, H&E, 10x
z. reticularis
z. fasciculata
z. glomerulosa
capsule
Slide 70, zona glomerulosa, H&E, 40x
endocrine
cells
Slide 70, zona fasciculata, H&E, 40x
endocrine
cells
sinuses
Slides 70, zona reticularis, H&E, 40x
sinuses
endocrine cells
Slide 70, adrenal medulla, H&E, 40x
sinuses
arteriole
chromaffin cells
Slide 50, pancreas, H&E, 10x
exocrine
pancreas
islets of Langerhans
lobulus
septum
Slide 50, pancreas, H&E, 40x
islet of Langerhans
capillary
Slide 71, corpus luteum, H&E, 4x
ovarian cortex
corpus luteum
follicles
Slide 71, corpus luteum, H&E, 10x
theca-lutein cells
granulosa-
lutein cells
Slide 71, corpus luteum, H&E, 40x
theca-lutein cells
granulosa-
lutein cells