Endocrine Cells and Hormones of the Adenohypophysis

Chromophils

Chromophobes

Acidophils

  • Somatotrophs (somatotropin)

  • Lactotrophs (prolactin)

Basophils

  • Gonadotrophs (follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone)

  • Thyrotrophs (thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH])

ACTH-producing cells

Melanotropin (melanocyte-stimulating hormone [MSH])–producing cells

Nonsecretory follicular cells

Undifferentiated stem cells