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What do hormones need?

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Target cell with specific receptor, cause specific change, mechanism to turn them off

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What are the classes of hormones?

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Amines, polypeptides/proteins, glycoproteins, and steroids.

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What are amines derived from?

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tyrosine and tryptophan.
They are from the adrenal medulla, the thyroid, and the pineal glands.

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What is an example of a polypeptide hormone?

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insulin, oxytocin, glucagon, ACTH, parathyroid hormone, growth hormone.

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What are glycoprotein hormones?

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Polypeptides bound to a carbohydrate.

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What are glycoprotein hormone examples?

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follicle stimulating, and luteinizing hormone.

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What are steroid hormones derived from?

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cholesterol

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What are examples of steroid hormones?

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testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, cortisol

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Where are steroids created in the body?

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Adrenal cortex, gonads, and the placenta.

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Properties of polar hormones (also called hydrophilic)?

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Water soluble, but not membrane soluble

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Properties of a nonpolar hormone (also called lipophilic)?

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Not water soluble, but membrane soluble. Enter the cell directly.

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What hormone is both polar and nonpolar?

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melatonin

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What is a prohormone?

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inactive hormone, must be cut or spliced in order to be active.

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What is an example of a prohormone?

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insulin

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What is a prehormone?

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inactive prohormone, modified within the target cell.

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What are some examples of prehormones?

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thyroxine, vit D, testosterone.

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What does it mean when hormones are synergistic?

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2 or more hormones work together to produce a particular effect

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What does it mean when the hormone is additive?

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the hormones affect the target cell in the same way.

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What does it mean when hormones are complementary?

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each hormone contributes a different piece to the overall outcome.

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What are permissive effects?

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one hormone makes the target cell more receptive to a second hormone

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What are antagonistic effects?

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hormones work in opposite directions

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What is a hormone half life?

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time required for the concentration of the hormone to be halved (varies depending on hormone)

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What are/is priming effects/upregulation?

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increasing the amount of receptors that they have for that hormone. ** more sensitive to that hormone **

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What is desensitization/ downregulation?

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decreasing the amount of receptors that they have for that hormone. ** less sensitive to that hormone **

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how do you avoid downregulation?
pulsatile secretion
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Where are lipophilic hormone receptors in the cell?
in the cytoplasm or the nucleus
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Where are water soluble hormone receptors in the cell?
Outer surface plasma membrane
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What types of proteins bind to the nuclear receptor proteins?
steroid and thyroid hormones
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What do the hormone receptors serve as?
transcription factors
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What goes into the ligand binding region?
The hormone
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What goes in the DNA binding region?
DNA
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What is the hormone response element?
The region of DNA the receptor binds to
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What is non-genomic steroid hormone action?
binds to the plasma membrane and activates the second messenger system. (affects seen in seconds or minutes)
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What is genomic steroid hormone action?
receptors in cytoplasm translocate hormone to the nucleus. They form dimers. (affects seen in 30 mins)
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What are coactivators?
molecules needed in addition to the steroid hormone, they activate transcription factors
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what are corepressors?
molecules needed in addition to the steroid hormone, they deactivate transcription factors
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What is the thyroid hormone action?
-Thyroxine (T4) travels to cell on TBG -only the T4 and T3 enter the cell -receptor protein inside of the nucleus -goes to the hormone response element -one receptor need the T3 and one need to 9cisretinoic acid -translation starts
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Go through the Adenylate Cyclse / cAMP second messenger system.
DO IT
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What hormones use cAMP second messenger system?
epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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Go through the steps of the phopholipase C Ca2+ second messenger system
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What hormone uses the phospholipase C Ca2+ second messenger system?
epinephrine
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Go through the tyrosine Kinase Second messenger system
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what hormones use the tyrosine kinase second messenger system?
insulin and growth factors
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What are the two regions of the pituitary?
Anterior (adenohypophysis) and the posterior (neurohypophysis)
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What kind of hormones does the anterior pituitary secrete?
tropic hormones (stim secretion in other glands)
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What is GH? And where is it from?
growth hormone/somatotropin. From the anterior pituitary.
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What is TSH? And where is it from?
It is thyroid stimulating hormone. It is from the anterior pituitary.
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What is ACTH and where is it from?
adrenocorticotropic hormone/corticotropin. It is from the anterior pituitary.
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What is FSH and where is it from?
Follicle stimulating hormone and it is from the anterior pituitary.
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What is LH and where is it from?
luteinizing hormone and it is from the pituitary gland.
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what PRL and where is it from?
prolactin and it is from the pituitary gland.
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What is unique about the posterior pituitary gland?
It stores and releases hormone made by the hypothalamus.
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What is ADH and where is it from?
It is antidiurhetic hormone and it is released by the posterior pituitary
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What does ADH do?
Promotes retention of water in the kidneys. Release stimmed by increase in blood osm.
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Where is oxytocin released from?
It is released not made in the posterior pituitary.
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What does oxytocin do?
Contractions during birth, and milk let down in lactation. Stimmed release by suckling.
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What are pituitary hormones regulated by?
Negative feedback inhibition
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What is the connection between the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary and target tissue?
The axis
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Where are the adrenal glands?
on top of the kidneys
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What is the outer portion of the adrenal gland?
The adrenal medulla
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What does the adrenal medulla secrete?
epinephrine and norepinephrine
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What is the inner portion of the adrenal medulla?
The adrenal cortex (glandular epithelium)
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What does the adrenal cortex secrete?
steroids in response to ACTH.
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What kind of steroids does the adrenal cortex secrete?
corticoid/corticosteroids
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What are the three categories of corticosteroids?
mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and adreno androgens
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What do mineralocorticoids do?
stim retention of Na and excretion of K to regulate blood pressure and volume.
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What is an example of mineralocorticoids?
aldosterone
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What tissue is are mineralocorticoids?
zona glomerulosa
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What do glucocorticoids do?
Stim gluconeogenesis and inhibits glucose utilization to raise glucose levels, stims lipolysis
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What is an example of a glucocorticoids?
cortisol
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What tissue are glucocorticoids from?
zona fasciculata
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What are adreno androgens?
weak sex hormones that support those made in the gonads.
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What is an example of adreno androgens?
DHEA
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what tissue are adreno androgens?
zona reticularis
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What happens during Cushing's disease?
hypersecretion of glucocorticoids. Leads to lipolysis and redistribution of fat. in adrenal cortex.
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What happens during Addison's disease?
hyposecretion of corticosteroids. Leads to hypoglycemia, Na K imbalance, dehydration, low BP. In adrenal cortex.
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What is primary adrenal insufficiency?
autoimmune destruction of adrenal cortex
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what is secondary adrenal insufficiency?
inadequate ACTH. Caused by taking too many corticosteroids and then abruptly stopping. In adrenal cortex.
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What activates the adrenal medulla and stims release of epinephrine and norepinephrine (fight flight?)
sympathetic nervous system response
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what is pheochromocytoma
benign tumor on the adrenal medulla.
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GAS?
general adaptation system
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What are the three stages of GAS?
alarm reaction, stage or resistance, stage of exhaustion.
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What is happening during the alarm reaction of GAS?
fight/ flight, HPA is fired up, sympathetic nervous system.
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What is the stage of resistance in GAS?
readjustment in response to release of GRH, ACTH, and corticoids
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What is the stage of exhaustion of GAS?
sickness or death if readjustment fails.
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What is the interior of the thyroid follicle?
fluid filled colloid
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What is the outside of the thyroid follicle?
parafollicular cells that secrete calcitonin
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What connects the two lobes of the thyroid?
isthmus
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What is a thyroid follicle?
hollow space in the thyroid that makes thyroglobulin, T3 and T4
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What is thyroglobulin?
proteins that carry T4 in the blood
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What does the thyroid follicle absorb?
Iodine and it puts it in the colloid
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Go over Iodine to T3 T4 creation in the follicle
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What does calcitonin do?
Made by parafollicular cells, inhibits activity of osteoclasts, lowers blood Ca.
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What does Iodine deficiency lead to?
No T3 and T4 made, thyroid over works and gets large (this is a goiter). This leads to hypothyroidism.
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What is cretinism?
hypothyroidism during pregnancy to 6 months post birth.
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What is Grave's disease?
leads to hyperthyroidism, autoimmune, Growth of goiter, stims excessive secretion of thyroid hormones. Grave's is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.
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Go over hyper vs hypothyroidism.
do it
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Where are the parathyroid glands
on the back of the thyroid
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What does the parathyroid secrete?
PTH
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what is PTH?
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What is PTH? What does it do?
Parathyroid Hormone, promotes rise in blood Ca by acting on bone, kidney and intestines.
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pancreas is both what and what?
endocrine and exocrine
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Where are the endocrine cells in the pancreas?
pancreatic islets
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What are the three sections in the pancreatic islets?
alpha, beta, and delta
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What do alpha cells in the pancreas produce?
Glucagon
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What do beta cells in the pancreas produce?
insulin
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What do delta cells in the pancreas produce?
somatotropin.
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What is the function of insulin?
to lower blood glucose, secreted by beta cells.
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Go over the action of insulin
do it
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What is the function of glucagon?
antagonistic to insulin, raises the blood glucose level, produces by alpha cells.
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Go over the action of glucagon
as well as its relationship with insulin
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What are signs of diabetes mellitus?
fasting hyperglycemia, and glucose in the urine
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What is type 1 diabetes?
autoimmune/genetic, destruction of beta cells in the pancreas, so no insulin secretion
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What is type 2 diabetes?
gained during your life, largely caused by insulin resistance due to downregulation of insulin receptors.
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What is gestational diebetes?
insulin secretion is inadequate to meet increased demand from the fetus.
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What hormone does the pineal gland secrete?
melatonin
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do we secrete more or less melatonin as we age?
less
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What amino acid is melatonin made from?
tryptophan
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What regulates melatonin release?
SCN (suprachiasmic Nucleus) or hypothalamus
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What stims and inhibits melatonin production?
Light inhibits, and dark stims production

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