8. PITUITARY GLAND
•Anterior pituitary
• Ectoderm
• Roof of mouth
• Rathke’s pouch
• Detaches from roof
•Posterior pituitary
• Neuro ectoderm
• Floor of diencephalons
• Connected by infundibulum
9. BLOOD SUPPLY•Portal circulation
•Superior and inferior
hypophyseal arteries
•Primary plexus around
median eminence and
infundibulum
•Hypophyseal portal vein
enters adenohypophysis
as secondary plexus
10. HYPOPHYSIS CEREBRI
•Pituitary gland
• Adenohypophysis
• Neurohypophysis
•Adenohypophysis
• Pars tuberalis
• Pars distalis
• Pars intermedialis
•Neurohypophysis
• Infundibulum
• Pars nervosa
• Median eminence
19. PARS INTERMEDIALIS
•Not well developed in
human
•Irregular row of follicles with
colloidal materials
•Few acidophil and basophil
cells are seen
•MSH in lower vertebrates
•Few cells reported to
secrete endorphins
24. SUPRA RENAL GLAND
•Surrounded by capsule
•Septae carrying blood
vessels
•Cortex + medulla
•Cortex-3 zones
• Zona glomerulosa
• Zona fasciculata
• Zona reticularis
25. SUPRA RENAL –CORTEX
•Zona glomerulosa
• Irregular cluster around
capillaries
• Polyhedral cells
• Cytoplasm uniformly stained
• Secretes minerlocorticoids
(aldosterone)
• Poorly developed in human
26. SUPRA RENAL -CORTEX
•Zona fasciculata
•Cells arranged in cords
•Straight capillaries between
•Vacuolated cytoplasm
•Rich in cholestrol and vitamin
C
•Secretes glucocorticoids
27. SUPRA RENAL - CORTEX
•Zona reticularis
•Cells arranged in cords
•Cell depicts dark and light
nuclei
•Runs in different direction
•Anastomose with one another
•Secretes sex hormones
28. ADRENAL MEDULLA
•Cells arranged as clumps and
cords
•Large ovoid cells-
pheochromocytes
•Cytoplasm stains with
chrome salts
•Nerve cells may be found
•Large vein
29. DISPOSITION OF BLOOD VESSELS
•Capsular artery-
•>capillary network in ZG-
•>straight capillary network
in ZF
•>meshwork of sinusoids in
ZR
•Medulla – medullary vein