How to identify the histological slide of pituitary gland?
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Explanation:
in our medical histology course we use a PAS-G-orange staining in pituitary glands from pigs to differentiate the acidophils, basophils and chromophobe cells for the anterior pituitary gland. In contrast the Neurohypophysis does not look spectacular in this histology slides.
Moreover you should also tell us about the used species (if possible).
As mentioned in the former answers, the pituitary must be included in the slide and then experience, experience and again experience.
Otherwise, if you are the person who performed the preparation of the organ, you should be easily able to dissect it from the skull and then you know its the right organ.
The posterior part of the pituitary has its embryological origins in nervous tissue. It is formed from a downgrowth of the diencephalon that forms the floor of the third ventricle. The anterior part is derived from an upgrowth from the oral ectoderm of the primitive oral cavity called Rathke's pouch.