Ch. 18 Flashcards
What 2 systems coordinate the functions of all body systems?
nervous and endocrine
How does the nervous system control activities?
Through nerve impulses that cause muscles to contract or glands to secrete
How does the endocrine system control activities?
By releasing chemical messenger molecules called hormones
What is the neuroendocrine system and how do they work?
It is the nervous and endocrine system that work as a coordinated, interconnecting, tremendous system.
What stimulates the release of hormones?
The central nervous system?
What may hormones do to nerve impulses?
Promote or inhibit the generation of them
2 types of glands in the body
exocrine and endocrine
exocrine glands secrete
their products (enzymes) into ducts
endocrine glands secrete
hormones into the interstitial fluid surrounding the secretory cells, which then diffuse into capillaries; ductless
what are the endocrine system’s glands?
Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pineal
how are hormones
circulated through the body?
via the circulatory system, they regulate
and modify cell activity and metabolism
what do hormones only
affect?
specific target tissues.
what do target cells have?
specific receptors to which hormones bind
receptor molecules are
constantly being_________
synthesized and broken down
down regulation
may occur under conditions of high
hormone concentration and decreased
surface receptor molecules.
up regulation
may occur during conditions of low
hormone concentration and high surface
receptor molecules.
circulating hormones aka
endocrine are hormones that
travel in blood and act on
distant target cells
local hormones are hormones that
act locally without first
entering the blood stream.
2 types of local hormones
paracrine, autocrine
paracrin
local hormones that act on neighboring
cells
autocrin are
local hormones that act on the same cell
that secreted them
lipid soluble hormones include
steroids and thyroid hormones
water soluble hormones include
amines, peptides, and proteins
amines are
modified amino acids. have an NH3 group.
formed by removal of CO2
steroids are made from
cholesterol
peptides and proteins are formed from
polypeptides
where do most water-
soluble hormones circulate?
in the plasma, in a free, unattached form
to what do most lipid soluble
hormones bind? what does
it cause?
bind to transport proteins, which improves
transportability in the blood. causes an
impediment of passage through the kidney
typical mechanism of an amine is to use cyclic AMP
as the 2nd messenger; what is the process?
alters the DNA, resulting in the formation of
new proteins. causes a response typical of
that hormone.
steps:
1. hormone binds to receptor, forming a
receptor hormone complex
2. an enzyme in the cell (adenylate cyclase)
is activated by G-protein. G proteins are
activated by the receptors that have bound
to the hormones
3. adenylate cyclase converts ATP into
cyclic AMP (second messenger)
4. cyclic AMP activates protein kinases
(which modify metabolism of cell)
5. phosphorylation (kinase enzymes
transfer a phosphate ion from side chain of
1 protein to another)
6. enzyme phosphodiesterase is an
enzyme that quickly destroys cyclic AMP
(effects of cyclic AMP are brief/alter activity
in target cells
why do we need water
soluble hormone binding?
without it, protein and peptide molecules
can’t break through the cell membrane
what do water soluble
hormones activate/ what
does that initiate?
activates plasma membrane receptors,
initiating a series of biochemical events
within the target cell
what is the first messenger?
water-soluble hormone
what is the second
messenger?
produced inside the cell because of the first
messenger (hormone)
what does regulation of
hormone secretion do?
normally maintains homeostasis and
prevents overproduction or underproduction
of a particular hormone
what is hormone secretion
controlled by
signals from the nervous system, chemical
changes in the blood, and other hormones
more hormones secreted,
_____ effect on target
hormone
greater
what 2 things does the
secretion of hormones
affect?
- modifies target organ
- endocrine gland that secreted it; inhibits
further hormone production (feedback
inhibition)
hypothalamus is
the major integrating link between the
nervous and endocrine systems
what 2 glands regulated
virtually all aspects of
growth development,
metabolism, and
homeostasis?
hypothalamus and pituitary gland
(hypophysis)
anatomy of pituitary gland
rests in the sphenoid bone on the
hypophyseal fossa and is divided into two
lobes; attaches to the brain by the
infundibulum (aka hypophyseal stalk)
what is the anterior pituitary
gland aka adenohypophysis
supplied by?
the hypophyseal portal (branches of
internal carotid) because it does not have a
direct blood supply
what are the hormones of
the anterior pituitary gland
controlled by?
releasing or inhibiting hormones produced
by the hypothalamus
hormones of the anterior
pituitary gland
many are tropic hormones; has a target
organ other than endocrine gland:
human growth hormone (HGH) or
somatotrophin (STH)
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and
luteinizing hormone (LH)
Prolactin (PRL)
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and
melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)
HGH or somatotrophin is secreted by
somatotrophs
Thyroid stimulating hormone
(TSH) is secreted by
thyrotrophs
Follicle Stimulating hormone
(FSH) and luteinizing
hormone (LH) are secreted by
gonadotrophs
Prolactin (PRL) secreted by
lactotrophs
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) are secreted by
corticotrophs.
hypothalamic regulating hormones and feedback inhibition mechanisms regulates
the secretion (release) of anterior
pituitary gland hormones
what is the secretion of HGH
dependent upon?
hypothalamic releasing factors (GHRF,
GHIRF)
HGH
stimulates general body growth and
regulates various aspects of metabolism
involving muscle, bone, adipose tissue
(lipolysis - breaks down fat), and acts
synergistically with insulin.
“synergistically”
combined effects of 2 agents are greater
than 1
hypersecretion
too much
hyposecretion
too little
HGH hypersecretion
childhood: giantism
adulthood: acromegaly
acromegaly
bones no longer grown in length - they
thicken (esp. brow line, mandible) massive
hands and feet. die young (heart/kidney
failure)
HGH hyposecretion
pituitary dwarfism and hypoglycemia; slow
growth rate; premature closure of epiphysis
Thyroid stimulating hormone
regulates synthesis and secretion of thyroid
gland hormones
what is secretion of thyroid
stimulating hormone
controlled by?
TRH aka thyroid releasing hormone
(thyrotrophin)
what happens to Thyroid releasing hormone factor at
high hormone levels? low?
high - TRF inhibited
low - TRF stimulated
TSH hypersecretion
hyperthyroidism
TSH hyposecretion
hyperthyroidism; thyroid gland atrophies
secretion of follicle
stimulating hormone (FSH)
is controlled by?
GnRF aka gonadotropin releasing factor
what does FSH stimulate in
FSH
follicle (egg cell) production