Anatomy

The Endocrine System

The Hypothalamus

The Pituitary Thyroid Gland

Parathyroid Gland

Adrenal Glands

Pancreas • Exocrine gland: pancreatic juice

Endocrine gland: insulin and glucagon

• Pancreatic duct discovered by German anatomist Johann Wirsung (1589– 1643) - also called Duct of Wirsung

• Studied medicine at University of Padua

Pancreas • Did not traditionally publish his findings • Instead distributed images to prominent European

anatomists produced from a copper plate engraving

Pancreas

• Murdered in 1643 by Giacomo Cambier arguing over who discovered the duct!

• Five years after Wirsung's death, a former student, Moritz Hoffman (1622-1698) claimed it was he, not Wirsung, who discovered the duct

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Pineal Gland Other Endocrine Functions

Endocrine Disorders Acromegaly