Anterior pituitary acidophil

In the anterior pituitary, the term "acidophil" is used to describe two different types of cells:

somatotrophs, which generate somatotropin
mammotrophs, which generate prolactin

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When using standard staining techniques, they cannot be distinguished from each other (though they can be distinguished from basophils and chromophobes)^[1], and are therefore identified simply as "acidophils".

References

^ Histology at BU 14002loa

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Posterior pituitary	Pars nervosa - Median eminence - Infundibular stalk
Anterior pituitary	Pars intermedia - Pars tuberalis - Pars distalis - Acidophils (Somatotropes, Lactotropes) - Basophils (Corticotropes, Gonadotropes, Thyrotropes)