Slide 1.1

This is a low-power picture of the normal pituitary gland with the two lobes: anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis) and posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis).

Slide 1.2
This is a normal anterior pituitary. Please note the mixture of cells, embedded in a rich reticulin network. Three types of cells can be distinguished, based on the color of the cytoplasm:

1. acidophils (eosinophilic cytoplasm).

2. basophils (basophilic cytoplasm).

3. chromophobic cells (poorly stained cytoplasm).