Post on 15-Apr-2017
HISTOLOGY OF THYROID GLAND
AND PINEAL GLAND
Dr chandra philip
1)Connective
tissue
component
2)Parenchym
atous
component
Connective tissue
forms
a) Capsule
b) Septa or
trabeculae
c) Intralobular
connective
tissue stroma
Parenchyma is
made up of
1) Thyroid
follicles
2) Parafollicular
cells or C cells
Parathyroid
gland-
1) Connective
tissue
2) Parenchyma
a) Chief cells or
principal cells
b) Oxyphil cells
Pineal gland
1) Pinealocytes
2) Astroglial cells
3) Brain sand