Endocrine Flashcards

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Steroid Hormones

A

Estrogen, Testosteron, Progesteron,Cortisol, Aldosterone Vitamin D

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Amino Acid Hormones

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T3,T4, Ne, Epi, Dopamine

The catecholamines act like peptide hormones, and the thyroids act like steroids

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Peptide hormones are any of the rest not mentioned, so heres a table.

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4
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All steroids come from cholesterol and for the test, know the enzymes.

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Very little stored steroid hormones, but a lot of cholesterol stores.
Dependant on G protein coupled receptor.

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5
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What type of hormone is biologically active?

A

Free hormone

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6
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90% of steorid and thyroid hormones are…

A

bound to carrier proteins

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7
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Water soluble hormones?

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Peptides and AA’s derived hormones/catecholamines (which are a class of aromatic amines like epineprhine/dopamine).

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How are peptide hormones made?

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rough er preprohormones–>prohormones–>golgi into vesicles–> inc in C2+ or binding of hormone to a receptor will release a peptide hormone.

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