Hyperthrodisum Flashcards
- What do the paraventricular nuclei inside the hypothalamus secrete?
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH).
- Where does TRH go after secretion, and what cells does it stimulate?
TRH goes into the hypophyseal portal system and stimulates thyrotropes in the adenohypophysis.
- What is the role of TSH in the thyroid gland?
TSH binds to receptors (TSH-R) on the follicles, stimulating the production of thyroglobulin and iodine incorporation.
How is iodinated thyroglobulin produced?
TSH-R stimulates thyroid peroxidase,
converting iodide to iodine and
combining it with thyroglobulin.
What happens after iodinated thyroglobulin is endocytosed back into the follicular cell?
Proteases cleave thyroid hormone (T3 and T4) from iodinated thyroglobulin, releasing it into the blood.
- How does thyroid hormone enter cells, and what is the fate of T4 inside cells?
Thyroid hormone diffuses across cell membranes. The majority of T4 is converted to T3 by deiodinases.
- What are the general effects of thyroid hormone on all cells?
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Increases sodium-potassium ATPases, stimulates glycogenolysis, glycolysis, lipolysis, and modifies cellular activity.
What cellular activities are stimulated by thyroid hormone in all cells?
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Increases sodium-potassium ATPases, stimulates glycogenolysis, glycolysis, and lipolysis.
(3) What effects does thyroid hormone have on the liver?
Stimulates LDL uptake and regulates the production of steroid hormone binding globulins, e.g., thyroxine binding globulin.
(4) How does thyroid hormone influence the heart?
Increases beta-receptor sensitivity, leading to an increase in heart rate and contractility. Maintains vasomotor tone.
(5) What role does thyroid hormone play in bones?
Maintains the balance between bone resorption via osteoclasts and bone deposition via osteoblasts.
(6) How does thyroid hormone affect the brain?
Increases sympathetic nervous system activity.
(7) What changes does thyroid hormone induce in the GI tract?
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Increases GI motility and GI secretions.
- What effects does thyroid hormone have on skeletal muscles?
Maintains normal muscle contraction, stimulates muscle development and regeneration, and maintains calcium ATPases on the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
- How does thyroid hormone affect the integumentary system?
Maintains good blood flow to skin, hair, and nails,
stimulates growth, and
maintains blood flow to sebaceous glands and eccrine sweat glands,
stimulating secretions.
- What role does thyroid hormone play in fibroblasts?
Maintains the production of glycosaminoglycan and
other extracellular proteins.
What are the effects of thyroid hormone on skeletal muscles?
Maintains
normal muscle contraction,
stimulates muscle development and regeneration, and maintains calcium ATPases on the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
How does thyroid hormone influence the integumentary system?
Maintains good blood flow to skin, hair, and nails, stimulates growth, and maintains blood flow to sebaceous glands and eccrine sweat glands, stimulating secretions.
What is the role of thyroid hormone in fibroblasts?
Maintains the production of glycosaminoglycan and other extracellular proteins.
- What happens when thyroid hormone leaks out of injured cells?
Causes transient hyperthyroidism, often followed by hypothyroidism.
- What are the causes of destruction of the thyroid gland?
(i) Hashimoto thyroiditis, (ii) Postpartum thyroiditis, (iii) Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis, (iv) Drug-induced thyroiditis, (v) Iodine-induced thyroiditis.
What are the causes of primary secondary hyperfunction of the thyroid gland?
(i) Graves’ disease, (ii) Toxic adenoma or toxic multinodular goiter (TMG),
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(iii) Pituitary adenoma, (iv) Increased beta-hCG production.
(1) What are the metabolic effects of excess thyroid hormone?
Increased metabolism, weight loss, increased appetite, elevated body temperature.
How does excess thyroid hormone affect sodium-potassium ATPase activity?
Increases ATP demand.