Intro To Hormone Synthesis, And Organization Of Endocrine Flashcards

1
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What does the endocrine system maintain

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Homeostasis, assisted with the neurvous system

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Which is longer lasting? Nervous system or endocrine system

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Endocrine

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Which is slower, nervous system or endocrine system

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Endocrine

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What does the endocrine system consist of

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Hypothalamus
anterior and posterior pituitary gland
thyroid
parathyroid
adrenals
gonads
Placenta
Pancreas
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5
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What are some organs with endocrine functions but are not considered endocrine organs

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Kidney
Heart
Gut
Adipose tissue

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6
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How does the endocrine system work

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Controls through release of hormones into the body. Bind to receptors on target cells and elicit a function

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Autocrine

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Hormone can directly affect the secreting cell

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Paracrine

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Hormone can affect a nearby cell (cells)

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Endocrine

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Hormone can affect distance cells by secretion in the blood stream

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10
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How are hormones characterized

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Peptides and proteins
Steroids
Amines

Depends on receptor and mechanism of action

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Which of the following differentiates the nervous from the endocrine system

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Nervous responses are generally short acting

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What is the largest class of hormones

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Peptide and protein hormones

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What are peptide and proteins hormones produced by

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Endocrine cells and stores in the secretory vesicles until needed

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14
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What is peptide and proline hormone secretion in response to

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Stimulus

  • sensed by endocrine cells
  • causes release of pre-made hormones
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What must peptide and protein hormones do to have an effect

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They must bind to a cell surface receptor on target cell

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16
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What are the peptide hormones of the hypothalamus

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  • thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
  • corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)
  • gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)
  • somatostatin
  • growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)
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17
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What are the peptide hormones of f hte anteiror pituitary gland

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  • thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
  • follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
  • lutenizing hormone (LH)
  • growth hormone
  • prolactin
  • adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
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18
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What are the peptide hormones of the posteiror pituitary gland

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Oxytocin

Vasopressin (ADH)

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19
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What is the peptide hormone of the thyroid

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Calcitonin

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20
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What is the peptide hormone of the parathyroid

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Parathyroid hormone

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21
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What are the peptide hormones of the placenta

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  • human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)

- human placental lactogen (HPL), or human chorionic somatomammotropin

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22
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What are the peptide hormones of the pancreas

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  • insulin (B cells)

- glucagon (a cells )

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23
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What is the peptide hormone of the kidney

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Renin

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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)

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  • peptide hormone
  • from hypothalamus
  • stimulates secretion of TSH and prolactin
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)

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  • peptide hormone
  • hypothalamus
  • stimulates secretion of ACTH
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26
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

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  • peptide
  • hypothalamus
  • stimulates the secretion if LH and FH
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Somatostatin

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  • peptide
  • hypothalamus
  • inhibits secretion of growth hormone
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Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)

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  • peptide
  • hypothalamus
  • stimulates secretion of growth hormone
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Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

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  • peptide
  • anterior pituitary
  • stimulates synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones
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Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

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  • peptide
  • anterior pituitary
  • stimulates testosterone synthesis in Leydig cells of testes
  • stimulates ovulation, formation of corpus luteum, estrogen and progesterone synthesis in ovaries
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Growth hormone

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  • peptide
  • anteiror pituitary
  • stimulates proline synthesis and overall growth
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Prolactin

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  • peptide
  • anterior pituitary
  • stimulates milk production and secretion in breasts
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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  • peptide
  • anterior pituitary
  • stimulates synthesis and secretion of adrenal cortical hormones (cortisol, androgens, and aldosterone)
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Oxytocin

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  • peptide
  • posterior pituitary
  • stimulates milk ejection from breasts and uterine contractions
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Vasopressin (ADH)

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  • peptide
  • posterior pituitary
  • stimulates water reabsorption in principal cells of collecting ducts and constriction of arterioles
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36
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Calcitonin

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  • peptide
  • thyroid
  • decreases serum calcium
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37
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH)

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  • peptide
  • parathyroid
  • increases serum Ca
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38
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Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)

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  • peptide
  • placenta
  • stimulates estrogen and progesterone synthesis in corpus Luteum of early pregnancy
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Human placental lactogen (HPL) or human chorionic somatomammotropin

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  • peptide
  • placenta
  • has growth hormone like and prolactin like actions during pregnancy
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40
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Insulin (B-cells)

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  • peptide
  • pancreas
  • decreases blood sugar
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Glucagon (a cells)

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  • peptide
  • pancreas
  • increases blood sugar
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42
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Renin

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  • peptide
  • kidney
  • catalyzes conversion of angiotensinogen to angiotensin I
43
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What kind of hormones are derivatives of cholesterol

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Steroid hormones

44
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What kind of receptors do steroid hormones deal with

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  • NO EXTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS

- diffuse across the cell membrane and bind intrcellular receptors either in the nucleus or the cytosol

45
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How do steroid receptors work

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They bind intracellularly and initiate changes in transcription and translation
-direct production of new proteins

46
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What is the speed of steroid hormones compared to the other classes of hormones

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Slower

47
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What are the steroid hormones of the adrenal cortex

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  • cortisol (glucocorticoids)
  • aldosterone (mineralocorticoid)
  • dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione (adrenal androgens)
48
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What are the steroid hormones of the testes

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Testosterone

49
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What are the steroid hormones of the ovaries

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  • estradiol

- progesterone

50
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What are the steroid hormones of the corpus luteum

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Estradiol

Progesterone

51
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What are the steroid hormones of the placenta

A

Estradiol

Progesterone

52
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What are the steroid hormones of the kidney

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1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol

53
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Cortisol (glucocorticoid)

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  • steroid
  • adrenal cortex
  • stimulates gluconeogensis; inhibits inflammatory response; suppresses immune response; enhances vascular responsiveness to catecholamines
54
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Aldosterone (mineralocorticoids)

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  • steroid
  • adrenal cortex
  • increases renal Na reabsorption, K+ secretion, and H+ secretion
55
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DHEA and androstenedione (adrenal androgen)

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  • steroid
  • adrenal cortex
  • stimulates spermatogensis; stimulates male secondary sex characteristics
56
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Testosterone

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  • steroid
  • testes
  • stimulates spermatogenesis; stimulates secondary male sex characteristics
57
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Estradiol

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  • steroid
  • ovaries, corpus luteum, placenta
  • stimulates growth and development of female reproductive system, follicular phase of mentrsual cylce, development of breasts, prolactin secretion; maintains pregnancy
58
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Progesterone

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  • steroid
  • ovaries, corpus luteum, placenta
  • stimulates luteal phase of menstrual cycle; maintains pregnancy
59
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1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol

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  • steroid
  • kidney
  • increases intestinal absorption of Ca; bone mineralization
60
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What is the smallest class of hormones

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Amine hormones

61
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How are amine hormones produced

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By metabolism of the amino acid tyrosine

62
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What must amine hormones do

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Must bind to a cell surface receptor on target cell to have an effect
-target cell can upregulate or down regulate receptor expression to modify response

63
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What is weird about thyroid hormone

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An amine hormone that signals like a steroid

-binds an intracellular receptor

64
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What is the amine hormone for the hypothalamus

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Dopamine or prolactin-inhibiting factor (PIF)

65
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What is the amine hormone from the thyroid

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T3 and T4

66
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What is the amine hormone from the adrenal medulla

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Norepinephrine, epinephrine

67
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Dopamine or prolactin-inhibiting factor (PIF)

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  • amine
  • hypothalamus
  • inhibits secretion of prolactin
68
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T3 and T4

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  • amine
  • thyroid
  • stimulates skeletal growth; oxygen consumption; heat production; protein, fat, and carb utilization; perinatal maturation of the central nervous system
69
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Norepinephrine, epinephrine

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  • amine
  • adrenal medulla
  • SNS function
70
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Which of the following is both a hormone and NT

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Epinephrine

71
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How do target cells regulate hormone response

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They can alter the number or affinity of receptors to modulate response

72
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How well the receptor binds the hormone

A

Affinity

73
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This gets a response at a lower hormone concentration

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High affinity

74
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This gets a response only at high hormone concentrations

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Low affinity

75
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Less receptors available

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Less of a response

76
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Insulin in DM2

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High affinity normally

Cells stop paying attention, decreased affinity

77
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How are most hormones released

A

In response to another hormone

78
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What is the axis of hormones

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Most hormones are released in response to another hormone

TRH causes release of TSH which causes release of T3/4

Multiple layers of control on hormone release

79
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What kind of control are most hormone axes

A

Negative feed back

TSH inhibits TRH
T3/4 inhibits TSH and TRH

80
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What is the main area where there is a positive feedback

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In female reproductive system

-leads to ovulation

81
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What is the steroid hormone mechanism

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Binds an intracellular receptor and generates a second messenger

82
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Hormones that bind extracellular receptors

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Immediate action and long term affect

83
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Hormones that bind intracellular receptors

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Long term affect, slower

84
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What are the second messengers used

A

cAMP/cGMP
IP3 and Ca2+
Receptor tyrosine kinase

85
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What do the second messengers that were activated by the hormones do

A

Activate downstream kinases and phosphatases

Add/remove phosphate from protein to alter function

86
Q

Which of the following hormones has to bind an intracellular receptor to cause an affect

A

Progesterone

87
Q

Which of the following hormones has to bind an extracellular receptor to cause an effect

A

Growth hormone

88
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What pathway do growth hormone and insulin use

A

Tyrosine kinase receptors

89
Q

What connects the nervous system to the endocrine system

A

Hypothalamus

90
Q

What are the two divisions of the pituitary

A

Posterior (neural tissue)

Anterior (glandular tissue)

91
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Posterior pituitary

A

Is the axons and nerve endings of neurons in the hypothalamus

  • release hormones made in the cell bodies
  • doesn’t directly make any hormones
  • ADH, oxytocin
92
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Anterior pituitary

A
  • glandular tissue
  • receives blood supply after it has passed through hypothalamus
  • hypothalamus releases hormones into the primary plexus caps
  • stimulates anterior pituitary to release hormones into the blood stream
  • directly produces and releases hormones
93
Q

What part of the pituitary gland directly produces and releases hormones

A

Anterior

94
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What controls the anteiror pituitary

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Hypothalamus via blood supply

95
Q

What is the endocrine axis

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Hypothalamus controls the pituitary which controls the actually gland

96
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How is dysfunction of the endocrine axis determined

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From the secreting gland and the secreted hormone

97
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Primary dysfunction

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Secreting gland is to blame, the rest is fine

98
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Secondary dysfunction

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The pituitary is to blame, the rest is fine

99
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Tertiary dysfunction

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Hypothalamus is the blame, the rest is fine

100
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

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Adrenals make cortisol

101
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Hypothtlamic -pituitary-thyroid axis

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Thyroid makes T3/T4

102
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Hypothtlamic-pituitary-gland axis

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  • gonads make sex hormones
  • testosterone (males)
  • estrogens (females)
103
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A disease in which the T3/T4 levels are low, while TSH and TRH levels are very high would be characterized as a

A

Primary hypothyroidism