ILOs:

• Describe the histology of the anterior and posterior pituitary gland and be able to differentiate between their endocrine function
• Describe the macro and microscopic structure of the thyroid and parathyroid glands

The pituitary gland

• Diagram showing us the embryology of the pituitary gland
• A H&E section of the pituitary gland
• What are the two groups that pituitary hormones fall under?
• Zooming in even more into the H&E section
• Anterior pituitary gland, zoomed in some more!!
• Anterior pituitary gland, zoomed in even more!!!
• Comparing different staining properties of sections of the anterior pituitary gland
• The different cell types of the anterior pituitary marked clearly
• So why has Dr Sneddon been deeping this whole thing so much?
• A table showing us the different classification of cells in the anterior pituitary
• Antibody staining example on the anterior pituitary
• Electron microscopy of the anterior pituitary
• So... what do we see in the posterior pituitary?
• What does the posterior pituitary produce again?
• How are posterior pituitary hormones released?