Basic Histology of the Pituitary Gland

By watching this video you can learn about the basic histology of the pituitary gland, its major divisions and different staining pattern of cells of the pituitary on the paraffin sections. The use of paraffin sections for the explanation makes association with the observed slides in the histology lab easier. Timeline: 0:00 – Pituitary gland overview 0:25 – Things to be discussed in the video 0:47 – Parts of the pituitary gland (pars anterior, pars nervosa, pars intermedia 4:15 – Pars anterior paraffin section 9:16 – Pars intermedia paraffin section 10:00 – Pars Nervosa