Prefi:Lec:PosteriorPG Flashcards
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It serves as an extension of the forebrain.
Posterior pituitary
What are the two hormones that posterior pt releases?
Oxytocin
Arginine Vasopressin/ADH
In neurohypophysis, where does AVP synthesized?
Supraoptic (bishop)
Magnicellular neurons of the supraoptic (rodriguez)
In neurohypophysis, where does oxytocin synthesized?
Paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus (bishop)
In neurohypophysis, what hormone is synthesized in the paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus
Oxytocin
In neurohypophysis, what hormone is synthesized in the magnicellular neurons of the supraoptic?
Arginine Vasopressin/ ADH
The avp and oxytocin hormones are synthesized and transported to the posterior pt via their axons, in what part of the hypothalamo?
Hypothalamo neurohypophyseal tract
what tract transits the median eminence of the hypothalamus and continues into the posterior pituitary thru the pituitary stalk?
Hypothalamo neurohypophyseal tract
The synthesis of each of posterior pt hormones is tightly linked to the production of a larger protein with a poorly understood function called __________.
Neurophysin
Statement 1: AVP is synthesized inside of the hypothalamus while Oxytocin is synthesized inside of the hypothalamus.
Statement 2: Both hormones are synthesized outside of the hypothalamus.
a. Only statement 1 is correct
b. Only statement 2 is correct
c. Both statement are correct
d. Both statement are incorrect
b. Only statement 2 is correct
T or F: Both hormones have an autocrine or a paracrine function.
True
The release of the hormones occurs in response to?
Serum osmolality or
by suckling
Hormones produced by the neurohypophysis are controlled by the _________.
Central Nervous System
What do you call the cyclic nonapeptide, with a disulfide bridge connecting AA residues 1 and 6?
Oxytocin
What do you call the hormone that is nonapeptide and very similar in composition to ADH?
Oxytocin
It is a hormone that is secreted in association with a carrier protein.
Oxytocin
What term used when oxytocin stimulates contraction of the gravid uterus?
“Ferguson reflex”
As a posttranslational modification in oxytocin, the ___________ is amidated.
C-terminus
Oxytocin has a CRITICAL ROLE in (1)___________ and plays a MAJOR ROLE in (2)____ and (3)____.
(1) lactation
(2) labor
(3) parturition (childbirth)
Oxytocin is also unique because its secretion responds to what? ___________. Explain.
Positive feedback loop
*circulating levels of oxy actually perpetuate further hormone secretion, instead of suppressing further hormone secretion as is the case with most anterior pit ho. In this way, uterine contractions propagate oxytocin release, which causes further uterine contractions, which cause further oxytocin release until parturition occurs.
What synthetic toxin used in obstetrics to induce labor?
Pitocin
Oxytocin has been shown to have effects on what functions?
Pituitary fxn
Renal fxn
Cardiac fxn
Metabolic fxn
Immune fxn
What hormone is released in response to neural stimulation of receptors in the birth canal and uterus, and of touch in the breast?
Oxytocin
What hormone plays a role in hemostasis at the placental site following delivery?
Oxytocin