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Biology: Chapter 5: Endocrine System Flashcards

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What are Peptide Hormones

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Composed of Amino Acids and are derived from larger precursor proteins that are cleaved during post-translational modification

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How do peptide hormones travel through the blood stream and bind to their respective receptors

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Peptide Hormones are water soluble so they travel freely through the blood stream but cannot pass through lipid membrane and bind to receptors extracellularly

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What happens when a peptide hormone binds to their receptor

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They trigger transmission of a secondary messenger which causes a signaling cascade to amplify the signal

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What is the onset and duration of peptide hormones

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Rapid Onset and Short Duration

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What are Steroid Hormones made from

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Derived from cholesterol

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How to Steroid Hormones travel through the blood stream and bind to their respective receptor

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Steroid hormones are not water soluble and therefore require a carrier through the bloodstream; They can pass through the lipid membrane and bind intracellularly

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What is the mechanism of action of steroid hormones

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Once bound they cause a conformational change in the receptor; the hormone-receptor complex binds to DNA which alters transcription

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What is the onset and duration of Steroid Hormones

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Slow onset and long duration

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What are amino-acid derivative hormones

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Modified Amino Acids

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What are common examples of amino acid derivative hormones

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norepinephrine; epinephrine; triiodothyronine; thyroxine

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What are direct hormones

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major effects on non-endocrine tissue

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What are tropic hormones

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major effects on other endocrine tissue

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What is the hypothalamus

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Bridge between nervous and endocrine system; stimulates the anterior pituitary gland through paracrine release of hormones into the hypophyseal portal system

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How are hormones regulated from the hypothalamus

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Projections from other parts of the brain
Chemo- and Baro- receptors in blood vessels
Negative Feedback

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What is Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone

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promotes the release of FSH and LH

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What is Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone

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promotes release of Growth Hormone

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What is thyroid releasing hormone

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promotes release of Thyroid stimulating hormone

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what is corticotropin releasing hormone

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promotes release of adrenocorticotropic hormone

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what is prolactin Inhibiting factor (PIF/Dopamine)

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Inhibits release of prolactin

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What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland release after synthesis in the hypothalamus

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Antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin

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What hormones does the hypothalamus release

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GnRH
GHRH
TRH
CRF
PIF

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What hormones does the anterior pituitary gland release

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FSH
LH
ACTH
TSH
Prolactin
Endophorins
GH

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What does follicle stimulating hormone do

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promotes the development of the ovarian follicles in females and spermatogenesis in males

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What does luteinizing hormone do

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promotes ovulation in females and testosterone in males

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what does adrenocorticotropic hormone do

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promotes the synthesis and release of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex

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what does thyroid stimulating hormone do

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promotes the synthesis and release of triiodothyronine and thyroxine from the thyroid

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what does prolactin do

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promotes milk production

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what does endorphins do

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decrease perception of pain and produce euphoria

29
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what does growth hormone do

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promotes growth of bone and muscle and shunts glucose to these tissues; raises blood glucose concentration

30
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what is antidiuretic hormone

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secreted in response to low blood volume/increased blood osmolarity; increases the reabsorption of water in the collecting duct of the nephron, increasing blood volume and decreasing blood osmolarity

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what is oxytocin

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secreted during childbirth and promotes uterine contractions; also promotes milk ejection; has a POSITIVE feedback loop

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What hormones does the thyroid release

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T3; T4; Calcitonin

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What does triiodothyronine and thyroxine do

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T3 and T4 are produced by follicular cells and contain iodine; they increase basal metabolic rate and alter utilization of glucose and fatty acids

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What is calcitonin

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produced by parafolliuclar/C-cells of the thyroid; decreases plasma calcium concentration by promoting gut calcium excretion in the kidneys, decreases calcium absorption in the gut; promotes calcium storage in the gut

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What does the parathyroid gland release

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parathyroid hormone

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what does parathyoid hormone do

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1) decreases excretion of calcium by kidneys and increases bone release of Ca to increase blood Ca
2) Activates Vitamin D (necessary for Ca and phosphate absorption in the gut)
3) promotes release of phosphate from bone and reduces reabsorption of phosphate in the kidney

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What hormones does the adrenal cortex release

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glucocorticoids; mineralocorticoids; cortical sex hormones

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what are glucocorticoids

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cortisol and cortisone; increase blood glucose concentration, reduce protein synthesis, inhibit immune system, and participate in stress response

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what are mineralocorticoids

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Aldosterone; promote sodium reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct (increases water reabsorption); increases potassium and hydrogen ion excretion

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how are mineralocorticoids regulated

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renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

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what are cortical sex hormones

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Androgens (testosterone) and estrogens

42
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What does the adrenal medulla release

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catecholamines (norepinephrine and epinephrine)

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What do the catecholamines do

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promote glycogenolysis, increase basal metabolic rate, increase heart rate, dilate bronchi, and alter blood flow

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what hormones do the pancreas release

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glucagon, insulin, somatostatin

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what does glucagon do

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produced by alpha cells; raises blood glucose by stimulating protein and fat degradation, glycogenolysis, and gluconeogenesis

46
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what does insulin so

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produces by beta cells; lowers blood glucose by stimulating glucose uptake by cells and promoting anabolic processes like glycogen, fat, and protein synthesis

47
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what does somatostatin do

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produced by delta cells; inhibits insulin and glucagon secretion

48
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what hormones do the gonads release

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testosterone (testes) and Estrogens/progesterone (Ovaries)

49
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what does the pineal gland release

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melatonin for circadian rhythms

50
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What does the stomach and intestines release

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secretin, gastrin, and cholecystokinin

51
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what does the kidneys secrete

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erythropoietin which stimulates bone marrow to produce erythrocytes in response to low oxygen levels in the blood

52
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What does the atria of the heart secrete

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atrial natriuretic peptide which promotes excretion of salt and water in the kidneys in response to stretching of the atria (high blood volume)

53
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what does the thymus secrete

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thymosin which is important for proper T cell development and differentiaion

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