Balczon- Principles of Endocrine Control

Question 1

integrates nervous and endocrine system

Answer 1

pituitary gland

Question 2

Answer 2

hypophysis

Question 3

arrows

Answer 3

top L: Pars Tuberalis
middle L: Pars Intermedia
bottom L: Pars Distalis
top R: infundibulum
bottom R: Pars Nervosa

Question 4

Answer 4

Pars Distalis

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Answer 5

Pars Distalis- Acidophils

Question 6

Answer 6

Pars Distalis

Question 7

what releases hormones rather than neurotransmitters in Pars Nervosa at end of axons

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Herring Bodies

Question 8

____ consists of unmyelinated axons

Answer 8

Pars Nervosa

Question 9

Answer 9

Pars Nervosa

Question 10

pituitary gland aka

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Hypophysis

Question 11

responses of endocrine system cells are dependent on what of cells

Answer 11

phenotype of cells

Question 12

ligand retained w/in membrane of signaling cell

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cell contact dependent communication

Question 13

ligand released into blood and travels far

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endocrine communication

Question 14

____ type of paracrine signaling is targeted and ends on cell that will be activated

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synaptic

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____ type of paracrine signaling is self-signaling when ligand is released

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autocrine

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part of ovary that produces progesterone

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corpus luteum

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ductless glands

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endocrine glands

Question 18

step ladder into tubular cristae that does not contain secretory granules

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mitochondria

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contains secretory granules

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golgi

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well developed synthetic machinery
fenestrated capillaries
ductless

Answer 20

endocrine glands

Question 21

cells of hypothalamus

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neuroendocrine (axon that has release of hormones)

Question 22

2 main parts of hypophysis (pituitary gland)

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neurohypophysis (neural)
adenohypophysis (glandular)

Question 23

part of pituitary gland that forms from neural tube

Answer 23

neurohypophysis

Question 24

part of pituitary gland that forms from oral ectoderm and Reshke’s pouch

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adenohypophysis

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2 main nuclei that send signals from hypothalamus to pars nervosa of pituitary gland

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supraoptic nucleus paraventricular nucleus

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3 parts of adenohypophysis

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pars distalis pars tuberalis pars intermedia

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3 parts of neurohypophysis

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infundibulum median eminence pars nervosa

Question 28

where is the hypothalamohypophyseal tract

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infundibulum

Question 29

neurohypophysis is _____ pituitary

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posterior

Question 30

adenohypophysis is ____ pituitary

Answer 30

anterior

Question 31

composed of lots of unmyelinated axons that arise from neuroendocrine cells in hypothalamus (paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei)

Answer 31

Pars Nervosa

Question 32

where do the axons of the 2 main nuclei from hypothalamus end and produce what

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on capillaries and produce hormones

Question 33

this hormone causes contraction of myometrium of uteris and myoepithelial cells in mammary gland

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oxytocin

Question 34

this hormone targets collecting duct in kidney and smooth muscle in blood vessel walls

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ADH/vasopressin

Question 35

steps of breast feeding

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suckle sensory cortex in brain hypothalamus (2 nuclei) secrete oxytocin enters circulatory system through fenestrated capillaries goes to breast and causes milk discharge

Question 36

site where all the other neuroendocrine cells terminate (produce regulatory hormones)

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median eminence

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cell types of pars distalis

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chromophobes chromophiles

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2 acidophils

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mammatrophs somatotrophs

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3 basophils

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thyrotrophs corticotrophs gonadotrophs

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produces prolactin

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mammatrophs

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produces somatotropin

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somatotrophs

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produces TSH

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thyrotrophs

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produces ACTH

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corticotrophs

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produces FSH and LH

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gonadotrophs

Question 45

stimulates follicle growth in ovary

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FSH

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acts on sertoli cells and has ABP that binds testosterone and increases level of sperm production

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FSH

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leads to follicle maturation and ovulation

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LH

Question 48

acts on Leydig cell and causes production of testosterone

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LH

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produces releasing and inhibiting factors

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median eminence

Question 50

prolactin inhibitory factor

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dopamine

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somatotropin inhibitory factor

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somatostatin

Question 52

has same function as pars distalis

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pars tuberalis

Question 53

non-functional in adults and is a development remnant of Reshke's pouch

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pars intermedia

Question 54

when you are cold, how does your body heat up by endocrine system

Answer 54

TSH released by pars distalis and acts on thyroid; T3 and T4 released and increase metabolic rate (increase heat production)