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Basic Overview Endocrine Flashcards

1
Q

What hormone stimulates bone and muscle growth?

A

Growth Hormone with IGF-1

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2
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What hormone stimulates milk production and secretion?

A

Prolactin

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3
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What hormone stimulates milk secretion during lactation?

A

Oxytocin

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4
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What hormone stimulates female secondary characteristics?

A

Estrogen

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5
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What hormone stimulates metabolic activity?

A

Thyroid Hormone

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6
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What hormone increases blood glucose levels and decreases protein synthesis?

A

Cortisol

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7
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What hormone is responsible for male secondary sex traits?

A

Testosterone (DHT)

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8
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What hormone prepares endometrium for implantation and maintains pregnancy?

A

Progesterone

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9
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What hormone stimulates adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete cortisol?

A

ACTH

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10
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What hormone stimulate follicle maturation in males and females?

A

FSH

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11
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What hormone increases plasma calcium and increases bone resorption?

A

Parathyroid hormone

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12
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What hormone decreases plasma calcium and increases bone formation?

A

Calcitonin

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13
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What hormone stimulates ovulation in females and testosterone synthesis in males?

A

LH

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14
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What hormone stimulates thyroid to produce TH and uptake iodine?

A

TSH

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15
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Where is GH secreted?

A

Ant. Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

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16
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Where TH secreted?

A

Thyroid

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17
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Where is cortisol secreted?

A

Adrenal Cortex (Zona Fasciculata)

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18
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Where is progesterone secreted?

A

Ovary and placenta

19
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Where is prolactin secreted?

A

Ant Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

20
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Where is oxytocin secreted?

A

Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

21
Q

Where is atrial natriuretic hormone (ANH) secreted?

A

Heart

22
Q

Where is glucagon secreted?

A

alpha-cells of pancreas

23
Q

Where is testosterone secreted?

A

Testes, Ovaries and Zona Reticularis of Adrenal cortex

24
Q

Where is FSH secreted?

A

Ant Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

25
Q

Where is ADH secreted?

A

Supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus

26
Q

Where is calcitonin secreted?

A

Parafollicular (C) cells of the thyroid

27
Q

Where is TSH secreted?

A

Ant Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

28
Q

Where is epinephrine and NE secreted?

A

Chromaffin Cells of the adrenal medulla

29
Q

Where is insulin secreted?

A

Beta cells of the pancreas

30
Q

Where is estradiol secreted?

A

Ovaries

31
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Where is estriol secreted?

A

Placenta

32
Q

Where is estrone secreted?

A

Fat Cells

33
Q

Where is estrogen in men secreted?

A

Testes

34
Q

Where is PTH secreted?

A

Parathyroid gland

35
Q

Where is somatostatin secreted?

A

D cells of the pancreas

36
Q

Where is LH secreted?

A

Ant Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

37
Q

Where is mineralocorticoid (aldosterone) secreted?

A

Zona Glomerulsa of the Adrenal Cortex

38
Q

Where is ACTH secreted?

A

Ant. Pituitary (B-FLAT PiG)

39
Q

Hormones that signal through cAMP?

A

“FLAT ChAMP + Calcitonin + GHRH + Glucagon” —- FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, CRH, hCG, ADH, MSH, PTH, Calcitonin, GHRH, Glucagon

40
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Hormones that signal through IP3?

A

“GGGOAAT H” Gastrin, GnRH, GHRH, Oxytocin, ADH (V1), Angiotension II, TRH, Histamine (H1)

41
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What are the hormones that signal through the steroid receptors?

A

VETTT CAP — Vitamin D, Estrogen, Testosterone, T3/T4, Cortisol, Aldosterone, Progesterone

42
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What hormones signal through the intrinsic tyrosine kinase?

A

“Think growth factors” – Insulin, IGF-1, FGF, PDGF, EGF

43
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Hormones that signal through receptor associated tyrosine kinase?

A

“PIG” Prolactin, Immunomodulators (Cytokines IL-6, IL-8, IL-2) and GH

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