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Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands Flashcards

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What is the shape of the thyroid gland?

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Somewhat butterfly like

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What is the location of the thyroid?

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Just below the larynx wrapped around the anterior and lateral surfaces of the trachea

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What are the hormones made and secreted by the thyroid gland?

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Thyroid hormone and calcitonin

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What is the thyroid hormone important for?

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Optimal metabolic rate

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What is calcitonin important for?

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Calcium homeostasis

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What is the thyroid gland composed of?

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Small spherical sacs called follicles

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What are follicles surrounded by?

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Follicular cells (simple cuboid epithelial cells) which is the site of thyroid hormone synthesis

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What is found between follicles?

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Clear cells/c cells which lie in clusters and make the hormone calcitonin

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What is made in the thyroid follicles?

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Thyroglobin (TGB) protein

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What reacts with TGB?

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Iodine which enters the follicle cell from the blood

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What do thyroid hormones detach from?

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Iodised TGB as needed

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What are the two forms of thyroid hormone?

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T3 and T4

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What is the active form of thyroid hormone?

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T3

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What is the predominant form of thyroid hormone?

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T4 but this can be converted into T3

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What do T3 and T4 do?

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Travel bound to a carrier protein (thyroid binding globulin, TBG) to target cells

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What is iodine needed for?

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It must be a part of our diet as it is required for the production of thyroid hormone

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What is the storage of thyroid hormone?

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It is made in abundance and stored until required

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How does thyroid hormone travel?

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Bound to a carrier protein

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What does the thyroid hormone do once it reaches the target cell?

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Detaches from the carrier protein and enters the target cell

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What happens once the thyroid hormone is in the cell?

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T3 binds to the T3 receptor in the nucleus (receptor is already bound to a specific DNA site)

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What happens once T3 binds to the T3 receptor in the nucleus?

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Specific genes are activated to transcribe mRNA

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What happens once specific genes are activated to transcribe mRNA?

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mRNA translation occurs in the cytoplasm and specific proteins are synthesised (e.g. sodium -potassium pump)

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What is the response time of the thyroid hormone?

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45 minutes to days

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What is the stimulus for thyroid hormone release?

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External and internal stimuli lead to CNS input to hypothalamus

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What does the input at the hypothalamus cause (thyroid hormone)?
Release of thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) into the blood
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What does thyrotropin releasing hormone do?
Cause release of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) from the anterior pituitary into the blood
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What does thyroid stimulating hormone do?
Cause release of thyroid hormones T3 and T4 from the thyroid gland into the blood
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What is the effect of thyroid hormones T3 and T4 on the metabolism?
Increasing basal metabolic rate by increasing the synthesis and activity of sodium potassium pump
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What are the other effects of thyroid hormones T3 and T4?
Stimulates growth (fetes and early childhood) and nervous system (alertness and reflexes)
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What does the thyroid hormone negatively effect?
The production of TRH and TSH in the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary
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What is basal metabolic rate?
The body's rate of energy expenditure under basal conditions
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What are basal conditions?
Person is awake, at physical and mental rest, lying down, no muscle movement, at a comfortable temperature and fasted (12-18hours)
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What are the trends in metabolic rate related to age?
Basal metabolic rate decreases as age increases (require less energy)
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What are the trends in metabolic rate related to puberty?
From puberty onwards males tend to have a higher metabolic rate than females
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What is the thyroid hormone required for?
Normal growth, alertness and metabolism
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How does the thyroid hormone effect metabolism?
Increases body heat production, stimulates fatty acid oxidation (usage of stored fat) in many tissues, Increases proteolysis and effects glucose
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How does the thyroid hormone increase body heat production?
Increase oxygen consumption and ATP hydrolysis
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What is proteolysis and where does it occur?
The breakdown of proteins which occurs predominantly in muscle
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What effects does thyroid hormone have on glucose?
Stimulates carbohydrate metabolism (usage of stored glucose), enhances insulin-dependent entry of glucose into cells, increases gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis
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What is the overall effect of the thyroid hormone on blood glucose concentration?
Does not cause a significant increase in blood glucose as there is a balanced increase in production and uptake by cells
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How much calcium comes from the diet?
1000 mg a day
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What happens with the consumed calcium?
It goes into the digestive tract and some is absorbed into the blood but 350 mg a day is lost in faeces
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What happens to the calcium in the blood?
The kidneys filter the blood, some is lost in urine (650mg/day) while some is reabsorbed into the blood
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Where other than the diet can calcium also come from?
Bones and it can also be laid down by bones
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What is the overall goal with regards to calcium?
Input be equal to output so that the blood calcium concentration is maintained between 8.5 and 11 mg/dL
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What is calcium essential for?
Many physiological functions such as contraction of muscles and release of neurotransmitters
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What is the major store of calcium?
Bone. Immediate adjustments can be made by rapid exchanges of calcium between bone and the blood
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What does a balance exist between?
The constant build up and break down of bone
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How many hormones are involved in calcium regulation?
3
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What hormones are involved in calcium regulation?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitriol and calcitonin
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How many parathyroid glands are there?
4
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Where are the parathyroid glands found?
On the posterior aspect of the thyroid gland
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What does the parathyroid gland secrete?
Parathyroid hormone which is essential for life
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What is the stimulus for the parathyroid hormone?
Decrease blood calcium concentration
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What happens when the blood calcium concentration decreases?
Parathyroid gland secretes parathyroid hormone
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What does the parathyroid hormone effect?
Kidneys and bone
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What does parathyroid hormone do to the kidneys?
Increase calcium reabsorption into the blood and conversion of vitamin D to calcitriol
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What effect does increasing calcium reabsorption have?
Decreases urinary excretion of calcium
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What effect does calcitriol have?
Increased calcium absorption from food in the intestine
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What is the effect of the parathyroid hormone on bone?
Increase bone breakdown which increases release of calcium into the blood
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What is the overall effect of the parathyroid hormone?
Increasing blood calcium concentration which restores blood calcium towards normal
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How does the parathyroid hormone show negative feedback?
The response decreases the stimulus which means less parathyroid hormone will be secreted
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What does calcitonin do?
Amplifies the effect of parathyroid hormone so it has a negative effect on the production of more calcitriol and makes sure the blood calcium concentration doesn't get too high?
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What doesn't control the calcium regulation pathway?
The hypothalamus
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How is calcitonin found?
It is rarely produced naturally but can be delivered a s medication in humans
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What colour is the cortex of adrenal glands?
Yellow
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What colour is the medulla of adrenal glands?
Red or grey
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Where are the adrenal glands found?
Superior to each kidney
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What is the adrenal gland made up of?
Two separate glands
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What are the two glands the adrenal gland is made up of?
Adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla
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What is the adrenal cortex?
The outer region of the adrenal gland which has 3 layers and secretes steroid hormones
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What hormone does the outer layer of the adrenal cortex secrete?
Aldosterone
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What hormone does the middle layer of the adrenal cortex secrete?
Cortisol
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What hormone does the inner layer of the adrenal cortex secrete?
Androgens which have a minor reproductive role
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What is the adrenal medulla?
The central region of the adrenal gland which is part of the sympathetic nervous system and secretes mainly adrenaline
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What is noradrenaline secreted as part of?
The sympathetic nervous system response to stress
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What does increases adrenaline and noradrenaline from adrenal glands do?
Supplements the actions of sympathetic nervous system, particularly in times of stress
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What type of hormone is adrenaline?
A water soluble hormone (catecholamine)
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What system does adrenaline use?
A second messenger system
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Where is the receptor for adrenaline?
Cell membrane
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What does adrenaline do as a result of the second messenger system?
Amplification of the cellular response
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What is the speed of action of adrenaline?
Fast
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What is the stimulus for adrenaline secretion?
Stress
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What does the hypothalamus stimulate?
Sympathetic preganglionic fibres
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What do sympathetic preganglionic fibres cause?
An action potential and acetylcholine binds to the receptor which stimulates the adrenal medulla to secrete adrenaline
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What does adrenaline do?
Travels in the blood to target cells
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What are the target cells of adrenaline?
Skeletal muscle, liver and fat
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What effect does adrenaline have on the skeletal muscle and liver?
Increasing breakdown of glycogen to glucose
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What effect does adrenaline have on fat cells?
Increasing the breakdown of fat to fatty acids
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What is the overall effect of adrenaline?
Makes fuel (glucose and fatty acids) more readily available to cells which increases blood glucose concentration
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What are some other sympathetic nervous system actions cause by adrenaline?
Some systems are activated for physical activity and some systems not crucial doe short term survival are shut down

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