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Endocrine Flashcards

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Endocrine overview
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The endocrine system works with the nervous system. It influences metabolic activities via hormones. Controlled mostly by negative feedback systems.

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Endocrine glands
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Lack ducts
Produce hormones

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Neuroendocrine organ
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Hypothalamus

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Hormones
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Long distance chemical signals; travel in blood or lymph

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Autocrines
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Chemicals that exert effects on the same cells that secrete them

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Paracrines
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Locally acting chemicals that affect cells other than those that secrete them

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Two main classes of hormones
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Amino acid-based hormones
Steroids

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Possible third class of hormones
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Eicosandoids

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Target cells
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Tissues with receptors for a specific hormone

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How do water soluble hormones act?
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Act on plasma membrane receptors
Act via G protein second messengers
Cannot enter cell

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How do lipid soluble hormones act?
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Act on intracellular receptors that directly activate genes
Can enter cell

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Cyclic AMP second-messanger mechanism of water soluble hormones
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G protein signaling mechanisms are like a molecular relay race

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Intracellular receptors and direct gene activation
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Lipid soluble steroid hormones and thyroid hormones can diffuse into target cells and bind w intracellular receptors
Helps initial DNA transcription to produce mRNA
mRNA translated to specific protein

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Hormone release
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Controlled by negative feedback systems ^ hormone effects on target organs can inhibit further hormone release
Hormone release can be triggered by
-endocrine gland stimuli
-nervous system modulation

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Humoral stimuli
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Changing blood levels of ions and nutrients directly stimulate secretion of hormones

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Humoral stimuli example

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Declining Ca+ stimulates parathyroid glands to secrete PTH> PTH causes Ca+. concentrations to rise and stimulus is removed

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Neural stimuli

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Nerve fibers stimulate hormone release

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Neural stimuli example
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Sympathetic nervous system fibers stimulate adrenal medulla to secrete catecholamines

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Hormonal stimuli
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Hormones stimulate other endocrine organs to release their hormones

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Target cell specificity

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Target cell activation depends on 3 factors
-blood levels of hormone
- relative # of receptors on/in target cell
-affinity (strength) of binding receptor and hormone

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Up regulation

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Target cells form more receptors in response to low hormone levels

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Down regulation

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Target cells lose receptors in response to high hormone levels

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Half life

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Time required for the level of hormone in blood level to decrease by half

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Comparison between lipid and water soluble hormones table
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Hypothalamus

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Connected to pituitary glad (hypophysis) via stalk called infundibulum

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Two major lobes of hypothalamus

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Posterior pituitary and anterior pituitary

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Posterior pituitary

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Composed of neural tissue that secretes neurohormones
Posterior lobe + infundibulum make up neurohypophysis

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Neurohypophysis

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Posterior lobe+ infundibulum

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Anterior pituitary (adenohypophysis)

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Consists of glandular tissue

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Posterior lobe maintains connection to hypothalamus via

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Hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract

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Hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract arises from neurons in

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Paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in hypothalamus
Runs through infundibulum
Secretes two neurohormones -oxytocin and ADH

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ADH

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Causes reabsorption of water and vasoconstriction

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Oxytocin

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Feeling of affection
Contracture of uterine musculature

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ADH

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Can cause vasoconstriction
Targets kidneys
Hypothalamus contains osmoreceptors that monitor solute concentrations

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Clinical imbalance
Diabetes insipidus
Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion

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ADH deficiency due to damage to the hypothalamus or posterior pituitary
Retention of fluid, headache, disorientation

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Anterior pituitary hormones
All activate target cells via cAMP besides GH

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GH
TSH
ACTH
FSH
LH
PRL

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Growth hormone

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Produced by somatotropic cells
Direct actions on metabolism

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Regulation of GH

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GHRH- stimulates GH release
GHIH- inhibits release

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Clinical imbalance

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Hypersecretion of GH- gigantism + acromegaly
Hyposecretion- pituitary dwarfism (children) adult no probs

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Thyroid stimulating hormone

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Also called Thyrotropin produced by thyrotropic cells release triggered by throtropin-releasing hormone from hypothalamus

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH

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Also called corticotropin secreted by corticotropin cells release triggered by corticotropin-releasing hormone CRH

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