What are the 4 classes of hormones?

What is the difference between exocrine and endocrine secretion?

What are the characteristics of:
1. Peptide
2. Steroid

Where is the pituitary gland?

The Andenohypophysis (anterior pituitary) is formed how?

The Neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary) is formed how?

What does the Andenohypophysis contain?

What does the Neurohypophysis contain?

Which 2 peptide hormones are found in the neurohypophysis (posterior pituitary)?

How are hormones released by the posterior pituitary made and released?

What are Herring's Bodies?

The Pars Distalis contains which 3 types of secretory cells?

Pars Tuberalis contains which cells?

Pars Intermedia contains which cells?

How does the portal vessel system of the anterior pituitary gland work?

What are the advantages of the portal vessel system?

What do releasing hormones do?

What are some hormones with release coupled with releasing hormones?

What are two inhibitory releasing hormones?

What is the structure of the thyroid gland and where is it located?

What does the thyroid gland develop from?

What do the epithelial cells secrete in the thyroid gland? Where does this accumulate?

What is covalently attached to the tyrosines of thyroglobulin to activate it?

What is the function of thyroid follicular cells?

What happens when TSH is recieved at the anterior pituitary?

What do C cells/parafollicular cells do? What are they from?

What do the chief (principle) cells in the parathyroid glands secrete?

What are the two cells present in the parathyroid gland?

Where are the adrenal glands located?

What does the medulla of the adrenal gland develop from?

What does the cortex of the adrenal gland develop from?

What does the adrenal cortex do?

What part of the adrenal cortex has the following?
1. cells in round clusters
2. secrete mineralocorticoids (eg. aldosterone)
3. regulated by renin/angiotensin

What part of the adrenal cortex has the following?
1. cells arranged in straight cords running radially
2. secrete glucocorticoids (eg. cortisol)
3. Regulated by Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

What part of the adrenal cortex has the following?
1. Irregular cords
2. Secrete mostly useless glucocorticoids/sex hormones

What does the adrenal medulla do?

What is the adrenal medulla stimulated by? Which nervous system?

What do Alpha (20%) cells in the Islet of Langerhams produce?

What do Beta (70%) cells in the Islet of Langerhams produce?

What do Delta (5-10%) cells in the Islet of Langerhams produce?

What do G/PP (1-2%) cells in the Islet of Langerhams produce?

What is the diffuse neuroendocrine system?
What type of secretion?