18-Endocrine Flashcards
Endocrine glands 15
Hypothalamus, thymus, pancreas, ovaries, testes, thyroid, parathyroid, kidney, stomach, liver, sm intestines, skin, heart, adipose tissue, placenta
Exocrine glands 4
Sweat, sebaceous, mucous, digestive
up/down regulation
down - abundance of hormone, target becomes less sensitive
up - deficiency of hormone, target more sensitive
hormones act in two ways
circulating - interstitial to blood
local - neighbors (paracrines) or self (autocrines)
lipid soluble hormones 3
steroids
thyroid
nitric oxide - hormone and neurotransmitter, vasodilation
water soluble hormones - 3
amines - epinephrine, NE, dopamine, histamine, serotonin, melatonin - fight or flight
peptide/proteins - peptide 3-49 amino acids, proteins 50-200 - carries lipid soluble in blood
eicosanoids - prostaglandins (vasodilation), leukotriens (vasoconstriction)
hypothalamus and pituitary parts 1+1+2
hypothalamus below thalamus
infundibulum connects two
anterior pituitary - pars distalis and pars tuberalis
posterior pituitary - bulbular pars nervosa and infundibulum
hypothalamus to anterior pituitary
hypophyseal portal system - arteries, capillary sytem, veins, plexus
pituitary secretes 5 classes
act on other glands - tropins
somatotrophs - growth hormone, most plentiful
thyrotrophs - TSH
gonadotrophs - FSH and luteinizing hormone
lactotrophs - prolactin (PRL)
corticotrophs - ACTH
somatotrophs promote
insulin like growth factors, human growth hormone
increase protein synthesis, causing growth
enhance lippolysis
decrease glucose uptake
big in puberty
GHRH and GHIH control
thyrotrophs release
thyroid stimulating hormone TSH
TSH promotes secretion of T3, T4
Hyothalamus produces TRH to promote TSH, feedback by T3, T4
gonadotrophs release
follicle stimulating hormone FSH - ovarian follicle development, estrogen in females, sperm in males
luteinizing hormone - triggers ovulations and progesterone in females, testosterone in males
GnRH from hypotalamus regulates these
lactotrophs secrete
prolactin PRL - initiate and maintain milk production
hypersecretion in males causes ED, females galactorrhea, amenorrhea
Controlled by PIH PRH
corticotrophs secrete 2
ACTH - production and secretion of glucocorticoids, including cortisol by adrenal cortex
melanocyte stimulating hormone MSH
Controlled by CRH, dopamine
Hypothalamus and Posterior Pituitary hormones - 2
oxytocin - smooth muscle contraction (birth contractions), milk ejection, love hormone
Antidiuretic Hormone ADH (vasopressin) - decrease urine volume
Released by neurosecretory bodies, Herring bodies, swelling in axons
Thyroid Anatomy 4
Inferior to larynx
right and left lateral lobe, connected by isthmus
half have a third lobe, pyramidal
only endocrine gland that stores product in large quantities
Thyroid microscopic anatomy 3
follicular cells - secrete T3 and T4, stain darker, squamous inactive, columnar when active
follicle is colloid surrounded by follicular cells
Parafollicular cells - secrete calcitonin