HISTOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Powerpoint is by Jose Danilo B. Diestro. Pictures are by the entire MDL 9 (D’s and E’s) of
UP MED 2013

Warnings:
5. This powerpoint has not been confirmed by any doctor because we only had 1 lab session.
6. Read your lab manual as you view this powerpoint (they are in the same order)
7. Not all structures were labeled.
8. The parathyroid section suffers from a bad class slide with poor staining

References
• Junqueira and Carneiro. Basic Histology: Text and Atlas. 11th Ed.
• Young et al. Wheater’s Functional Hisology: A Text and Colour Atlas. 5th Ed.

As always don’t blame the powerpoint if you make mistakes.

Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
Pituitary Gland: Pars Intermedia
 Pars intermedia: Compared to PP and AP

Cystic
Space

Basophilic
Cells

PP
AP
Pituitary Gland: Pars Intermedia
Pituitary Gland: Posterior (Neurohypophysis- Pars Nervosa)

Pituicyte

Capillaries
Pituitary Gland: Posterior (Neurohypophysis- Pars Nervosa)

Lipochrome
Pigment
Pituitary Gland: Posterior (Neurohypophysis- Pars Nervosa)

Pituicyte
Pituitary Gland: Anterior (Adrenohypophysis- Pars Distalis)
Pituitary Gland: Anterior (Adrenohypophysis- Pars Distalis)
Pituitary Gland: Anterior (Adrenohypophysis- Pars Distalis)
Pituitary Gland: Anterior (Adrenohypophysis- Pars Distalis)
 Pituitary Gland: Anterior (Adrenohypophysis- Pars Distalis)

Acidophil Basophil Chromophobe

Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland
Parathyroid Gland
Parathyroid Gland
Parathyroid Gland

O
Adrenals
 Adrenals

Capsule

Glomerulosa

Fasciculata

Reticularis

Cortex

Medulla
 Adrenals

Vein

Medulla

Cortex

Reticularis

Fasciculata

Glomerulosa
Capsule
Adrenals: Cortex
Adrenals: Cortex
Adrenals: Medulla-Cortex Border
Adrenals: Medulla-Cortex Border

V?
Adrenals: Medulla

M
Epipysis Cerebri (Pineal Gland)
Epipysis Cerebri (Pineal Gland)

Pinealocytes

Neuroglial Cell
(Interstitial Cells)
Epipysis Cerebri (Pineal Gland)