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==Anatomy and histology== | ==Anatomy and histology== | ||
===Anatomy=== | |||
Basic anatomy (simplified):<ref name=bowen>URL: [http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/histo_pit.html http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/histo_pit.html]. Accessed on: 31 October 2010.</ref> | Basic anatomy (simplified):<ref name=bowen>URL: [http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/histo_pit.html http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/hypopit/histo_pit.html]. Accessed on: 31 October 2010.</ref> | ||
*Anterior: | *Anterior: | ||
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*Posterior - diencephalon (ventral aspect). | *Posterior - diencephalon (ventral aspect). | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.ouhsc.edu/histology/Glass%20slides/38_01.jpg Pituitary gland (ouhsc.edu)]. | *[http://www.ouhsc.edu/histology/Glass%20slides/38_01.jpg Pituitary gland (ouhsc.edu)]. | ||
*[http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/endocrines/Images/HypDevAni.gif Development of the pituitary - animation (anhb.uwa.edu)]. | |||
==Histology== | ===Histology=== | ||
===Anterior=== | ====Anterior==== | ||
*Acidophils (40% of cells) = red or orange. | *Acidophils (40% of cells) = red or orange. | ||
**GH, PRL. | **GH, PRL. | ||
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*The cellular product (i.e. hormone produced) is not strictly correlated with the cell type.<ref name=Ref_PSNP26>{{Ref PSNP|26}}</ref> | *The cellular product (i.e. hormone produced) is not strictly correlated with the cell type.<ref name=Ref_PSNP26>{{Ref PSNP|26}}</ref> | ||
===Posterior=== | ====Posterior==== | ||
Features:<ref name=Ref_PSNP26>{{Ref PSNP|26}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_PSNP26>{{Ref PSNP|26}}</ref> | ||
*Herring bodies - '''key feature'''. | *Herring bodies - '''key feature'''. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/ Neuropathology] - neuropathologyweb.org. | *[http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/ Neuropathology] - neuropathologyweb.org. | ||
*[http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/endocrines/endocrin.htm Endocrine histology (anhb.uwa.edu.au)]. | |||
[[Category:Neuropathology]] | [[Category:Neuropathology]] | ||