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[Response of pituitary and adrenal elements in a state of cardiorespiratory system integration]
Abstract:
Morpho-functional equivalents of reaction of the hypophyseal and adrenal elements have been studied in 7 test and 10 control dogs biometrically, histologically, histoenzymatically and electron microscopically under the condition of integration in the cardio-respiratory systems. The condition has been modelled by individually chosen physical loading (running in the treadmill) up to the IV stage of the organism's adaptation according to the author's technique. The integration state is developing instead of the starting desintegration state (the beginning of the work) and is characterized by an economical and effective functioning of the cardio-respiratory system elements. At the integration of the cardio-respiratory apparatus, the hypophysial-adrenal system is activating. The principle of the zonal reaction in the adrenals and that of the selective activity of the adenohypophysis is clearly followed, that is demonstrated in the predominant activation of the bundle zone elements, chromophobic and basophilic adenocytes where certain signs of the secretory excretion predominate. In cells of the glomerular zone the signs of synthetic processes prevail over those of the secretory excretion. In cells of the medullary substance the signs of the preceding forced secretory excretion are clearly seen. A suggestion is made that it is expedient to elaborate training regimes according to the loading determining integration of the organism's cardio-respiratory systems.
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