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Endocrine Flashcards

exam 3

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which system is faster the endocrine or nervous?

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Nervous system is faster due to use of action potentials and neurotransmitters

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Endocrine Glands include

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Pituitary
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenal
Pineal

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ograns/tissues with endocrine cells

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hypothalamus
thymus
pancrease
ovaries/testes
kidneys,liver,stomach, SI, Heart, skin, Adipose tissue

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Exocrine Glands

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secrete products into ducts or lumens or to the outer surface of the body

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Endocrine Glands

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secrete products into interstitial fluid(which diffuses into blood) or blood

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hormones are

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chemical messangers released in one part of the body and regulate activity in other parts of the body

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Local hormones

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act on neighboring cells (paracrine) or the same cell that secreated them (autocrine)

Dose not enter the blood stream first

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circulating hormones

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enter the interstital fluid and then bloodstream

can be lipid soluble(bound to transport proteins)
or water soluble(freely disolved in body fluids)

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Lipid soluble hormones

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are bound to transport proteins for transport in body fluids

can be steroid or thyroid

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water soluble hormones

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are freely dissolved in body fluids

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steroid hormones are

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a form of lipid soluble hormone derived from cholesterol

examples: cortisol, testosterone, estrogens, progesterone, aldosterone

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thyroid hormones are

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a type of lipid-soluble hormones that is very ipid soluble and is a tyrosine ring with attached iodines

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peptide and protein hormones are

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a type of water soluble hormone made of chains of amino acids
hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones

examples: insulin, glucagon,EPO, ADH, oxytocin, hGH, TSH, ACTCH

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Biogenic amines are

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A type of water soluble hormones with modified amino acids

examples: NE, epinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, melatonin, histamine

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main function of hormones

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to maintain homeostasis and regulate many aspects of organ system functions

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hormones leave secretory cell by

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exocytosis or diffusion

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what type of capillaries are found in endocrine glands

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fenstrated capillaries wich are especially permeable type allowing for easy uptake of mater rom gland tissue

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ACTH

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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (corticotropin)
Source: anterior pituitary

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ADH

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Antidiuretic hormone (arginine vasppressin)
Source: posterior Pituitary

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CRH

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Corticotropin-releasing hormone
Source hypothalamus

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DHEA

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Dehydroepiandrosterone
Source: Adrenal cortex

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EPO

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Erythropoientin
Source: kidneys, liver

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FSH

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Follicle-stimulatin hormone
Source: Anterior pituitary

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GH

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growth hormone (somatotropin)
Source: anterior pituitary

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GHRH

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Growth Hormone-releasing hormone
Source: hypothalamus

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GnRH

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Source Hypothalamus

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IGFs

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insulin-like growth factors (somatomedins)
Source: liver, other tissues

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LH

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Luteinizing hormone
Source: Anterior pituitary

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NE

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norepinephrine
Source: Adrenal medulla

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OT

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oxytocin
Source: psoterior pituitary

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PIH

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prolactin
Source: Anterior pituitary

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PTH

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Parathyroid hormone (parathormone)
Source: Parathyroids

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T3

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Triiodothronine
Source:Thyroid

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T4

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Thyroxine (tetraiodthyronine)
Source: thyroid

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TH

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thyroid hormone ( T3 and T4 collectivly
Source: thyroid

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TRH

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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
source: hypothalamus

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releasing hormones

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stimulate the pituitary to release hormones

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inhibiting hormones

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supreses the pituitarys secreation og hormones

39
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Gap junctions

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enable the pass of nutrients, electrolytes and signaling molecules directly from the cytoplasm of one cell to another

40
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paracrines

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secreated by one cell and difuse to another in the same tissue and stimulate their physiology

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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)

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promotes secreation of thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH) and prolactin(PRL)

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corticotropin-releasing hormone(CRH)

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promotes secreation of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH)

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promotes secreation of follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH) and lutenizing hormone(LH)

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Growth hormone-releasing hormone(GHRH)

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promotes secreation of growth hormone(GH)

45
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prolactin- inhibiting hormone(PIH)

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inhibits secreation of prolactin (PRL)

46
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somatostatin

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inhibits secreation of growth hormone (GH) and thyroid-stimulatin hormone (TSH)

47
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involution

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shrinkage of tissue or organ by autolysis such as involution of the thymus after childhood and of the uterus after pregnancy

48
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the Zona glomerulosa is the source of

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mineralocorticoids

49
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the zona fasiculata secretes

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glucocorticoids and androgens

50
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the zona reticularis secretes

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glucocorticoids and androgens

51
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the renin-angiotensin aldosterone syestem (RAA)

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the mechanism in which falling blood pressure leads to an uncrease in aldosterone secretion

52
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alpha cells secrete

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glucagon which causes glycogenolysisa9the break down of glycogen into glucose) and gluconeogenesis (the synthases of glucose from fats)
RASIES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

53
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Beta cells secrete

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insulin and amylin
promotes synthasis of glycogen

54
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how does insulin affect blood glucose levels

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I lowers blood glucose levels

55
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oligopeptides have how many amino acids

56
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polypeptides have how many amino acids

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more then 10

57
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epinephrine and norepinephrine are secreted by what nervous system

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the sympathetic nervous system

58
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where are peptide hormones stored and what are a few examples

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Examples:dopamine, epinephrine, oxytocin

stored in secretory vesicles of endocrine cell

59
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are steroids and thyroid hormone hydrophobic or hydrophillic

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hydrophobic

60
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bound hormone is

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a hormone attached to a transport protein

61
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saturation is the condition iin which

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all the receptor molecules are occupied by hormone molecules

62
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signal amplification or the cascade effect is when

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one hormone molecule triggers the sythesis of not many enzyme molecules

63
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down regulation is the process in which

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a cell reduces its receptor population and thus becomes less sensitive to a hormone

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synergistic effect

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an effect in which two hormones work together to cause a greater effect

65
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permissive effectsis when

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one hormones enhances the traget organs response to a second hormone

66
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antagonistic effect

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when one hormone oposes the action of another hormone

67
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Metabolic clearance rate (MCR)

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the rate of hormone removal

68
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general adaptation syndrome (GAS) is

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the way that the body reacts to stress

69
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the alarm reaction causes an increase in

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angiotensis and aldosterone

70
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stages of stress response

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alarm reaction
stage of resistance
stage of exhaustion

71
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the thymus is the site of

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maturation of T cells and secretes several hormones

72
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the throid is composed of mostly

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thyroid follicles

73
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mineralocorticoids regulate

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the bodys electrolyte balance

74
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glucocorrticoids regulate

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metabolism of glucose

75
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renal reflexes involves the

76
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growth hormone stimulates the release of what into blood

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fatty acids and glycerol

77
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growth hormone stimulates the synthesis of what by the liver

78
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what is the most abundant hormone secreted by the thyroid

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thyroxine T4

78
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which class of hormones binds to an intracellular receptor and directs new mRNA and protein synthesis

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steroid hormones

79
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parathyroid hormone plays an important role in

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rasing blood calcium levels

80
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following hypoglycemia which hormones will be elevated

81
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Neural stimuli

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nerve fibers soome endocrine glands and elicit the release of their hormones

82
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Hormonal stimuli

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hormones from the hypothalamus regulate secretionn by the anterior pituitary gland and pituitary hormones stimulate other endocrine glands to release thyroid hormone, sex hormone, and cortisol

83
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Humoral Stimuli

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blood borne stimmuli

84
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how is cAMP produced

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glucagon binds to the surface of a liver cell, its receptor activates a G protein, which activates the membrane enzyme that produces cAMP (andenylate cyclase)

85
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Somatostatin inhibits

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cAMP synthesis

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