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CCEB - ENDOCRINE EMBRYOLOGY ANDANATOMY EXAM
What is the origin of thyroid follicles? - Answer: Endoderm (foramen cecum).
What gives rise to the parathyroid glands? - ANSWER: Third and fourth
pharyngeal pouches (and foregut).
The adrenal cortex, ovaries, and testes develop from the mesoderm.
ANSWER: The hypothalamus develops from the diencephalon.
What is the origin of the posterior pituitary gland? - ANSWER: Ectoderm
How does the posterior pituitary gland connect to the hypothalamus? - Answer:
Infundibulum.
What gives rise to the anterior pituitary gland? - Answer: Rathke's purse.
The hypothalamus serves as the interface between the endocrine and neurological
systems.
The main gland of the endocrine system is the pituitary gland, which is located in
the sell turcica of the sphenoid.
What separates the anterior pituitary from the posterior? - ANSWER Pars
intermedia.
, What does the anterior pituitary gland secrete? - ANSWER TSH
FSH
LH
GH
ACTH
prolactin
What does the posterior pituitary secrete? - ANSWER ADH and oxytocin
Where is the pineal gland located - ANSWER posterior to the thalamus and
attached to the third ventricle
What does the pineal gland secrete? - ANSWER melatonin and serotonin
Cells of the parathyroid gland - ANSWER chief cells
oxyphil cells
What do parathyroid chief cells secrete? - ANSWER PTH
Location of Thyroid - ANSWER C5-T1
What connects lobes of thyroid - ANSWER isthmus
What does the thyroid secrete? - ANSWER T3 (triiodothyronine)
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