Quiz: Pituitary Gland
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Pituitary Gland
PBL: Gigantism
Keywords: 12 year old student growing too tall too quickly (193cm) height increase last 2 years: 45cm gaining weight too excessively (over 150kg) occasional frontal… Read More »PBL: Gigantism
PBL: Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Keywords: 28 y/o female marketing executive thirsty often urinate frequently ongoing: 3 months drinks 8-16 glasses of water & several cans of juice in 2-3… Read More »PBL: Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Adverse Drug Effects & Drug Interactions
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Diseases & Evaluation of the Hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis
Endocrinopathies are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary. Primary endocrine disease inhibits the action of downstream glands/ target endocrine glands. Secondary endocrine disease is indicative… Read More »Diseases & Evaluation of the Hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis
Pituitary Tumours
This is a normal anterior pituitary gland histology. Note the bluish colour of the basophils, and pinkish colour of the acidophils. This is a histology… Read More »Pituitary Tumours
Growth Hormones & Growth Factors
Synthesis & Structure of Growth Hormone Synthesized by somatotropes ( a subclass of anterior pituitary cells). It’s a single polypeptide hormone (191 amino acids), with… Read More »Growth Hormones & Growth Factors
Hormones of the hypothalamo-hypopheseal axis
Hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis means the hormones that are released from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland will stimulate the release of pituitary hormones into the blood… Read More »Hormones of the hypothalamo-hypopheseal axis
Hormonal Function & It’s Mode of Action
Hormones are secreted by specialized endocrine glands/tissues. Endocrine: ductless, and secreted straight into the blood Exocrine: with ducts It then acts on target organs to… Read More »Hormonal Function & It’s Mode of Action
Pituitary Gland
The pituitary gland consists of the anterior and posterior lobe, which are controlled by the hypothalamus to secrete hormones. It is also known as the… Read More »Pituitary Gland
