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Endocrine Regulation of Puberty and Normal Pubertal Development Flashcards

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What is puberty?

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The process through which a child passes to achieve sexual maturity and reproductive capacity

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What is pubertal onset precipitated by?

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The secretion of hypothalamic pulses of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

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What does pulses of GnRH release cause?

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Stimulates pulses of LH

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What regulates the release of GnRH?

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Unclear, but GnRH neurones are under control of excitatory and inhibitory neurones

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What is the neurotransmitter in the excitatory neurones controlling GnRH neurons?

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Glutamate

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What neurotransmitter is in the inhibitory neurones controlling GnRH neurones?

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GABA

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What factors influence the onset of puberty?

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  • Genetic influences
  • Nutritional effects
  • Environmental influences
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What shows that there are genetic influences in the onset of puberty?

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The inherited pattern of the timing of onset of puberty

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What mediates the nutritional effect on puberty onset?

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Leptin

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In which gender have environmental influences been shown to affect the onset of puberty?

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Girls

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What does increasing LH stimulate in boys?

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Secretion of testosterone from tetiscular Leydig cells

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What does the secretion of testosterone from testicular Leydig cells promote?

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Development of secondary sexual characteristics

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What secondary sexual characteristics are developed as a result of testosterone secretion?

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  • Enlargement and maturation of penis and scrotum
  • Increased musculature
  • Facial and other body hair
  • Deepening of the voice
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What stimulates the pubertal growth spurt in boys?

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Rise in GH and IGF-1 levels

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How does a rise in GH and IGF-1 levels stimulate the pubertal growth spurt in boys?

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It leads to increased resistance to insulin-mediated glucose metabolism, which in turn causes increased insulin secretion to help fuel anabolism during the growth spurt

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What effect does the increase in testosterone have on LH secretion?

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It feeds back to modulate LH secretion

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What effect does FSH have in boys?

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It binds to Sertoli cells to enhance spermatogenesis

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What do Sertoli cells produce?

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Inhibin B

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What is the role of Inhibin B?

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It exerts a negative feedback on pituitary FSH release

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What does an increase in LH levels stimulate in girls?

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  • Proliferation of the follicular and thecal cells

- Androgen secretion during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle

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What effect does increased FSH have in girls?

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  • Stimulates proliferation of granulose cells
  • Supports aromatisation of androstenedione to oestradiol
  • Stimulates progesterone production n
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What effect does an increase in oestrogen levels have in girls?

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  • Stimulates secondary sexual charateristics
  • Stimulates growth spurt
  • Causes proliferation of follicular cells
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How does oestrogen cause the proliferation of follicular cells?

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Acts on FSH receptors on granulosa cells to cause proliferation of follicular cells

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What is inhibin A produced by in girls?

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  • Large antral follicles

- Corpus lutem

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What is inhibin B produced by in girls?
Small antral follicles
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What effect do inhibins have in girls?
- Feed back on FSH secretion | - Involved in dominant follicle selection
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How long does the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle last?
Variable, but typically 14 days
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What develops during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle?
15-20 primordial follicles
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What happens to the primordial follicles developed during each menstrual cycle?
Most become atretic, but one dominant Graafian follicle remains
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How good is this explanation of the menstrual cycle?
Pretty bad, maybe learn it elsewhere
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What happens to FSH from the first day of the menstrual cycle?
It increases
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What is the result of FSH increasing on the first day of the menstrual cycle?
It stimulates follicular production of estradiol
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What is the effect of the follicular production of oestradiol which was stimulated by the rise in FSH?
Feedback inhibition of LH and FSH
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What happens after oestriadiol has inhibited LH and FSH?
Oestradiol feedback to the pituitary switches from negative to positive, causing a preovulatory LH surge
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What happens in the day 14 luteal phase of the menstrual cycle?
LH stimulation causes the ovum to enter the final phase of the first meiotic division
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What is produced when the ovum enters the final phase of the first meiotic division?
It becomes a secondary oocyte
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What happens to the follicle once the secondary oocyte has been formed?
The follicle swells, ruptures, and releases the ovum into the Fallopian tube
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What is formed from the ruptured follicle?
The corpus lute
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What does the formation of the corpus luteum result in?
Progesterone mediated swelling and secretion of the endometrium
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When does progesterone peak in the menstrual cycle?
5-7 days post-ovulation
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What is the effect of the peak in progesterone in the menstrual cycle?
It exerts a negative feedback on GnRH-regulated LH and FSH secretion n
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What is the result of the negative feedback on GnRH-regulated LH and FSH secretion caused by the progesterone peak?
It causes the corpus luteum to lose its receptors and become atretic
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What happens once the corpus luteum has become atretic?
A new cycle starts
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What is the mean age of the onset of puberty in boys?
12
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What is regarded as a normal age for boys to start puberty?
10-14
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What is the first stage of normal puberty in boys?
The development of 4ml testicular volumes
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What shortly follows the formation of 4ml testicular volumes?
Development of pubic hair and genital changes
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How can the pubertal changes be document?
Tanner staging
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What is the mean age for onset of puberty in girls?
11
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What is considered a normal age to start puberty in girls?
8-13
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What is the first sign of puberty in girls?
Breast bud development
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What shortly follows breast bud development in girls?
Pubic hair growth
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How does the timing of the pubertal growth spurt differ between girls and boys?
It occurs earlier in girls
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How long does progression through puberty take?
Typically 3 years

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