Exam #1: Endocrine System & Blood Flashcards
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What are the two classes of hormones?
Steroid, amino acid based
Which class of hormone (steroid or amino acid based) are ALL lipid-soluble, meaning they CAN cross the plasma membrane?
Steroid
Which class of hormone (steroid or amino acid based) is usually water-soluble, meaning it can NOT cross the plasma membrane?
Amino acid based
What tool does the Endocrine system use to have cell specificity?
Target cells
_____ ___: how specifity works for endocrine system hormones, including altering ___ ___ activity, increasing/decreasing the rates of normal cellular processes
Target cells
___ produce one or more of the following changes: stimulate mitosis, activate/deactivate enzymes, stimulate synthesis of enzymes & other proteins within the cell, alters plasma membrane permeability or membrane potential, or both, by opening/closing ion channels
Hormones
__-___ hormones (all amino-acid based hormones except thyroid) act on receptors in the plasma membrane (usually done via regulatory molecules called G proteins to 1 or more intracellular second messenger)
Water-soluble
___-___ hormones (steroid and thyroid hormones) act on receptors inside the cell, which directly activate genes
Lipid-soluble
____ stimuli activate secretion by direct response to changing blood levels of certain critical ions and nutrients (ex: parathyroid glands monitor the bodys crucial blood Ca2+ levels and release PTH as needed)
Humoral
___ stimuli activate secretion by nerve fibers stimulating hormone release (ex: when sympathetic nervous system stimulates the adrenal medulla to release norepinephrine/epinephrine in response to stress)
Neural
____ stimuli activate secretion by releasing and inhibiting hormones produced by the hypothalamus, regulate the secretion of most of anterior pituitary hormones & many anterior pituitary hormones in turn stimulate other endocrine organs to release their hormones
Hormonal
What is the concept that says a cell MUST have specific receptor proteins on its plasma membrane or in its interior to which a hormone can bind to? (Hint: three word answer)
Target cell activation
___-Regulation: when persistently low levels of a hormone can cause its target cells to form additional receptors for that hormone
Up
___-Regulation: prolonged exposure to high hormone concentrations that decrease the # of receptors for that hormone
Down
____: one hormone cannot exert its full effects without another hormone being present (Ex: lack of thyroid hormone delays reproductive development)
Permissiveness
___: when one or more hormone produces the same effects as the target cells and their combined effects are amplified (Ex: both glucagon and epinephrine cause the liver to release glucose to the blood, when working together, the amount of glucose released is about 150% of what would be released had they acted alone)
Synergism
___: occurs when one hormone imposes the action of another (Ex: this happens to insulin by glucagon; these types of relationships may compete for the same receptors, act through different metabolic pathways, or even cause down-regulation of the receptors for the opposing hormone)
Antagonism
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: metabolic hormone, protein synthesis & mitosis
Non-tropic, released by the Anterior Pituitary
GH
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: milk production for females
Non-tropic, released by the anterior pituitary
Prolactin
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: activate thyroid gland
Tropic, released by the anterior pituitary
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: activate adrenal gland cortex
Tropic hormone, released by the anterior pituitary
ACTH (Adrenocorticotropin hormone)
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: activate sperm and egg production by the gonads
Tropic-hormone, released by the anterior pituitary gland
FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: activate reproductive hormone production by the gonads
Tropic-hormone, released by the anterior pituitary
LH (luteinizing hormone)
What hormone is this description describing?
Function: aids in regulation of sleep cycles
Released by the pineal gland
Melatonin