Flashcards in Endocrine System Deck (75):
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What is the Endocrine System?
glands, tissues, and cells that secrete hormones
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What are 2 properties of the endocrine glands?
produce hormones and lack ducts
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List the endocrine glands
pituitary glands, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal lands and pineal gland
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List non-endocrine glands
hypothalamus, pancreas, ovaries and testes, and placenta
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State the differences between Nervous and Endocrine system
Nervous: neurotransmitter, local, responds quickly, and stops quickly
Endocrine: hormones, general and widespread, responds slowly, and persist after stimulus stops
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What are the 2 types of hormones?
amino acid-based and steroids
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Which type of hormones are synthesized from cholesterol?
steroids
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List hormones that are steroids
testosterone, estrogen, aldosterone, cortisol, and progesterone
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How do hormones alter activity of target cells?
opening or closing ion channels, stimulating protein synthesis, activating or deactivating enzymes, inducing secretions, and stimulating mitosis
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How do water-soluble hormones interact with target cells?
cannot enter target cells, act on receptors in plasma membrane, and coupled by G proteins to intracellular second messengers
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How do lipid-soluble hormones interact with target cells?
can enter target cells, and act on intracellular receptors that directly activate genes
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What are the steps in the cAMP signaling?
1. Hormone binds receptor
2. Receptor activates G protein
3. G protein activates adenylate cyclase
4. Adenylate cyclase converts ATP to cAMP
5. cAMP activates protein kinases
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What non-steroid hormones also uses this mechanism?
Thyroid hormone
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What are the steps of the intracellular receptors?
1. The steroid hormone diffuses through the plasma membrane and binds to an intracellular receptor
2. The receptor hormone complex enters the nucleus
3. The receptor-hormone complex binds a hormone response element
4. Binding initiates transcription to the gene to mRNA
5. The mRNA directs protein synthesis
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What is up-regulation compared to down-regulation?
up-regulation increases the cell number of receptors which then becomes more sensitive to a while down-regulation reduces cell number of receptors which then becomes less sensitive to a hormone
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What are the 3 ways that multiple hormones that act on same target?
permissiveness, synergism, and antagonism
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Describe synergism. give an example
two or hormones act together to produce an effect that is greater then sum of their separate effects. EP and glucagon
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Define permissiveness. Give an example
one hormone cannot exert its full effects without another hormone being present. Estrogen and progesterone
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Define antagonism. Give an example
one hormone opposes action of another hormone. Insulin and glucagon
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What are the three types of stimuli?
humoral, neural, and hormonal
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How is hormone synthesis and secretion regulated?
by negative feedback
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Which hormones respond to neural stimuli?
oxytocin, ADH, NE, and EP
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Which hormones respond to humoral stimuli?
Calcitonin, PTH, insulin, and glucagon
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Which hormones respond to hormonal stimuli?
ALL pituitary hormones, TH, testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone
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What is another name for the pituitary gland?
hypophysis
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What connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary?
infundibulum
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What is the pos. pituitary glands composed?
neural tissue
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What is the ant. pituitary composed?
glandular tissue
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What runs through the infundibulum and formed by axons of neurons?
hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract
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What allows the ant. pituitary respond to the hormones secreted b the hypothalamus?
hypophyseal portal system
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Which 2 hormones are secreted by the post. pituitary?
ADH and oxytocin
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What are the functions of oxytocin?
triggers milk ejection and uterine contractions during childbirth
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What are the function of ADH?
prevents large amounts of urine production by stimulating kidney tubule cells to reabsorb water and return to blood stream
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What results when there is ADH deficiency?
diabete inspidous
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What are the Six hormones secreted by the ant pituitary?
Prolactin, FSH, TSH, ACTH, LH, GH
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Which hormones increase glucose levels?
GH, cortisol, glucagon EP and NE
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GH
Promotes cartilage and bone growth and increases protein synthesis
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What homeostatic imbalance occurs with hypersecretion of GH at epiphyseal plate?
gigantism
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What homeostatic imbalance occurs due to hypersecretion after epiphyseal plate closure?
acromegaly
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What homeostatic imbalance occurs due to hyposecretion of GH prior to epiphyseal plate closer?
pituitary dwarfism
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PRL
Prolactin. stimulates milk production
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TSH
Thyroid stimulating. stimulates normal development and secretory activity of thyroid
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ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic. stimulates adrenal cortex to release glucocorticoid hormone
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FSH & LH
Regulate function of gonads
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Which two hormones does the thyroid secrete?
TH and calcitonin
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Which type of cells synthesize thyroglobulin?
follicle cells
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Which type of cells synthesize calcitonin?
parafollicular cells
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Which two compounds comprise TH?
thyroxine and triiodthronine
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TH
Increase metabolic rate and body heat production. Plays important role in regulating development and maturation of skeletal, nervous, and reproductive systems
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What is the role of I-
1. Iodide is trapped then converted to iodine.
2. I- is attached to Tyr in the colloid then linked together to form T4
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What hormone does the hypothalamus secrete to to promote TH?
TRH: Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
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What hormone does the ant. pituitary secrete to promote TH?
TSH. Thyroid-stimulating
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What is myxdemia?
hypothyroidism in adults
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How can myxdemia lease to a goiter?
if there is a lack of I-
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What is cretinism?
hypothyroidism in infants
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What is Graves' disease?
hyperthyroidism due to abnormal Abs that mimic TSH and that secrete TH
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Calcitonin
lowers Ca2+ levels
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PTH
increase Ca2+ levels, increase reabsorption of Ca2+ in kidneys
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What are the two parts of the adrenal glands?
adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex
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Which part of the adrenal glands produce corticosteroids?
adrenal cortex
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Which part of the adrenal gland takes part in the sympathetic division
adrenal medulla
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Aldosterone
stimulates NA+ and a mineralocorticoid
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Cortisol
promotes gluconeogensis, mobilizes fas from adipose, stimulates breakdown of stored proteins and a glucocorticoid
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What occurs when cortisol is at high concentrations?
inhibits inflammation and depresses the immune system
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What is Cushing's syndrome?
excess of glucocorticoid, elevated blood glucose, facial swelling, and "buffalo hump"
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Which two hormones does the adrenal medulla secrete?
NE and EP
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How does the adrenal medulla and adrenal cortex respond to stress?
Adrenal medulla: short-term stress
Adrenal cortex- long-term stress
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What hormone does the pineal gland secrete?
melatonin
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Melatonin
Influence rhythmic variations in physiological processes
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What classifies the pancreas as a "mixed gland?"
It consists of both endo- and exo- gland cells
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What component contribute to the endo-?
pancreatic islets
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Which cell typed produce insulin and glucagon?
Beta- insulin
Alpha- glucagon
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Glucagon
increase blood glucose by targeting liver cells
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Insulin
lowers blood glucose
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