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Endocrine control of growth Flashcards

1
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Where does growth hormone come from?

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Pituitary glands

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Where do adrenal hormones come from?

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Suprarenal glands just above the kidneys

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What is the pancreas made up of?

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99% exocrine tissue, 1% endocrine tissue

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What does the pancreas secrete?

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Digestive enzymes into second part of duodenum

including insulin and glucagon

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Where is the pituitary gland?

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Just anterior to and below hypothalamus

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Infundibulum

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Stalk connecting hypothalamus and pituitary gland

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Within which bone is the pituitary gland located?

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Sphenoid bone

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Sella turcica

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= pituitary fossa

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Diphragma sella

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Dura mater covering pituitary fossa

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Parts of pituitary

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Posterior: directly connecting to brain through infindibulum - pars nervosa (nervous)
Anterior - pars distalis (upgrowth from pharynx) - secretory tissue - adenohypothesis
Intermediate: pars intermedia

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2 connections between brain and pituitary

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Portal system (blood connections)
Nerve fibres in pituitary(distal axon terminations in hypothalamus)
-send connections (small peptide hormones) to posterior pituitary

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Portal system

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Set of capillaries in brain and pituitary

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Metabolic rate

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Total body energy expenditure per unit time

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

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Metabolic rate when at mental and physical rest but not sleeping, at comfortable T and fasted for at least 12 hours

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Calorigenic effect

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Hypothalamus senses certain external T
Anterior pituitary releases TSH
Carriers carry TSH round body, most notably in thyroid
Releases thyroid hormones (T3 and T4)
Increases body T when released into blood

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Thyroid hormones

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T1 - monoiodothyronin -1 iodine
T2 - 2 iodine
T3 - trioiodothyronin - 3 iodine
T4 - T4

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Thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) stimulate:

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Thyronine - T3 and Thyroxine - T4

  • protein synthesis
  • > used of glucose and free fatty acids for ATP production
  • > lipolysis
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Which effects of thyroid hormones are similar to other endocrine hormones?

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Insulin and growth hormones convert aas to proteins

Glucagon and growth hormone turn lipids into ffa and liberate glucose from glycogen

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Which effects of thyroid hormones are similar to other endocrine hormones?

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Insulin and growth hormones convert aas to proteins

Glucagon and growth hormone turn lipids into ffa and liberate glucose from glycogen

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If too little thyroid hormone throughout life

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Cretinism

  • congenital: hypothyroidism
  • mentally immature, cannot hear or speak
  • bone growth retarded
  • sexually immature
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Too little thyroid hormone as adult

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Myxoedema

  • adult hypothyroidism
  • low TSH or low T3 and T4
  • low cardiac output - oedema
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Hyperthyroidism

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Graves disease

  • HR high
  • Autoimmune disease - antibodies ‘mimic’ TSH
  • x10 females
  • pressure behind eyes causes exophthalmus
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Goiter

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Large thyroid gland
A lot of iodine accumulated in neck
Can happen in hypo or hyperthyroid conditions or euthyroidism
Usually attributed to low dietary intake of iodine

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Adrenal glands

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Ad - secretory
Embedded in perinephric fat
Has its own blood supply from aorta
Attached to top of each kidney
Made up capsule (dense irregular CT)
Hylus, cortex (secretory tissue), medulla (sympathetic ganglion pulled out of place)
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Layers of cortex

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Zona glomerulosa - cells tend to form balls
Zona fasciculata
Zona reticularis

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Medulla

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Produces Adr and Noradr

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Homeostatic control of adrenal

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CRH (hormone from hypothalamus)
Goes through portal system into anterior pituitary
Anterior pituitary releases ACTH
Goes into blood around body attaches to receptors on adrenal gland –> produces cortisol

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Elevated levels of cortisol

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As they rise, release of supplying hormone (CRH) is switched off and vice versa

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Mineralcorticoids - zona glomerulosa

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Produces aldosterone

  • regulates homeostasis of sodium and potassium ions
  • aldosterone secretion stimulated by dehydration, sodium deficiency or loss of blood
  • starts biochemical cascade called Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone pathway (RAA)
  • returns blood pressure, volume and sodium concentration to normal
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Glucocorticoids - zona fasciculata

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Cortisol:
Gluconeogenesis produces aas, ffas, lactic acid
Reduce inflammation - useful in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Depress immune system - used as immunosuppressors post transplant

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Cushing’s disease

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Result of excess cortisol caused by > ACTH
Occurs as result of tumour on pituitary gland or adrenal cortex
Causes oedema, hyperglycaemia, muscle wastage and makes px vulnerable to infection
-very rounded body with spindly limbs

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Adison’s disease

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Underactive adrenal cortex
Deficits in glucocortisoids and mineralocorticoids
Weight loss
Drop in glucose and sodium levels
Hypotension
Changes in skin pigmentation
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Androgens - zona reticularis

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Secretes dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

  • in females - promotes libido and DHEA converted into oestrogens
  • also an androgen: in male and female - axillary and pubic hair growth
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Virilism

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Female looks like man
Small opening of vagina
Enlarged clitoris

35
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Actions of catecholamines - adrenal medulla

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Effects mediated through alpha or beta adrenoreceptors
Complex - multiple types of receptor and multiple tissues and cells
Generally noradrenalin stimulates a> b
Generally adrenalin stimulates both a and b

36
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Excitation (a1 and b1)

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> rate and force of contraction of heart muscle
Constriction of BVs
metabolic rate (inc. breakdown of glycogen to produce glucose)

37
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Inhibition (a2 and b2)

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Dilation of BVs and bronchioles
Relaxation of smooth muscle
Reduced activity of digestive and urinary organs

38
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Stress

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3 phases in response to stress:

  • alarm phase
  • resistance phase
  • exhaustion phase
39
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Alarm phase

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  • ‘fight or flight’ initiated - impulses from hypothalamus to sympathetic NS
  • glucose and O2 - skeletal muscles and heart
  • nonessential body functions (digestive, urinary and reproductive)
  • blood flow to kidneys stimulates RAA pathway
40
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Resistance phase

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Initiated by hypothalamic releasing hormones - long lasting response

41
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Exhaustion phase

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Prolonged exposure to hormones in resistance phase causes:

  • muscle wastage
  • suppression of immune system
  • ulceration of GI tract
  • failure pancreatic cells
42
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Nuclei in thalamus

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60-70
Collections of nerve cell bodies within CNS
e.g.oxytocin neurosecretory cell (sends connections to posterior pituitary)

43
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Oxytocin and ADH neurosecretory cells

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Send small peptide hormones to posterior pituitary
Peptide hormones manufactured in cell bodies of these neurosecretory cells
Transported down axons with carrier molecule (neurothycin) to distal axon through infundibulum into pars nervosa where it sits waiting to be released

44
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Release of peptide hormones from pars nervosa

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Separates from neurothycin, goes into bloodstream, acts around body where target receptors are
ADH and ocytocin mainly

45
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ADH and oxytocin

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Very small peptide hormones (8-9 amino acids)
Manufactured in hypothalamus in body of nerve cell, transported with carrier molecule down to pars nervosa, released from neurohypothesis

46
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Oxytocin acts on

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Smooth muscle e.g. uterus

47
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ADH

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Vasopressin
Goes to kidneys
Prevents diaduresis
Helps to recover water

48
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How does hypothalamus connect to pituitary

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Nerve tracts

hypothalamohypothesial tracts

49
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How many capillaries between blood leaving heart and returning to heart in pituitary

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2

portal system

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Portal system

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Releasing hormones released from cells in the nuclei of hypothalamus
These go into blood of this portal system (capillaries)
That blood drains down into anterior pituitary
Releasing hormones act on cells in pituitary to release other hormones
Other hormones go into blood and around body
e.g. follicle stimulating hormone, growth hormone

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Components of growth hormone system

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Pituitary gland
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenal
Islets of Langerhans
Placenta
Endocrine cells of the gut
Pineal
Liver 
Testes/ ovaries
52
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Anterior pituitary/ adenohypophysis secretes

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Growth hormone
Prolactin
Thyrotrophin
Follicle stimulating hormone
Luteinizing hormone
53
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Neurohypophysis secretes

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Oxytocin

54
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How does growth hormone act on the body?

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Stimulates growth and replication
Increases rate of protein synthesis
Most cells responsive, but especially skeletal muscle, cartilage and bone

55
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Indirect mechanism of action of growth hormone

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Acts on liver to produce synthesis and release insulin-like growth factors (ICFs)
ICFs are peptides that bind to receptors and > uptake of aa and protein synthesis
Skeletal muscle is example of target tissue
Rapid action that is particularly effective after meal (when aas and glucose are available)

56
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Direct mechanism of action of growth hormone

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Selective actions that occur after aas and glucose levels in blood have returned to normal
GH stimulates stem cells to divide in epithelia and CTs
Somatomedins (ICFs) stimulates later growth of daughter cells
In adipose tissue GH stimulates breakdown of stored triglycerides
As ffa levels rise many tissues stop using glucose and breakdown ffas for ATP - ‘glucose sparing’
In liver GH stimulates glycogenolysis
Since most tissues are using ffas for energy levels of glucose in blood are elevated - ‘diabetogenic effect’

57
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Glucose sparing

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As ffa levels rise many tissues stop using glucose and breakdown ffas for ATP

58
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Diabetogenic effect

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Since most tissues are using ffas for energy levels of glucose in blood are elevated

59
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Control of growth hormone production

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Stimulated by GH releasing hormone
Inhibited by GH inhibiting hormone
Both from the hypothalamus
Somatomedins stimulate GHIH
Somatomedins inhibit GHRH
60
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Too much growth hormone: gigantism

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Excessive growth of long bones muscles and internal organs

Robert Wadlow - 9lb at birth, 8 ft 11 inches

61
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Too much growth hormone: acro- (terminally) megaly- (enlargement) - primary effects

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Enlarged hands, feet, lower jaw, skull, clavicle and internal organs

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Secondary effects of acromegaly

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Compression of portal system-diminished dopamine leads to excess prolactin
Oestrogen and testosterone deficiency - lack of periods, loss of libido, loss of facial hair in men
Deficiency in thyroid stimulating hormone - weight gain, lethargy
Deficiency in adrenocorticotrophic hormone -lack of cortisol can be fatal

63
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Treatment for too much growth hormone

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Radiotherapy
Somatostatin (GHIH) analogues
GH receptor antagonists
Transsphenoidal surgery

64
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Too little growth hormone: pituitary drawfism

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Weight and height normal at birth until 12 months

Can be caused by traumatic birth, meningitis, tumour or inheritance

65
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Insulin-like growth factor 1

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Skeletal effects
Fat
> cartilage formation and skeletal growth
Lipolysis

66
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Anti-insulin actions

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Extra skeletal effects
Carbohydrate metabolism
>protein synthesis and cell growth and proliferation
> blood sugar levels

67
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Insulin and glucagon vs growth hormone: secreted by

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I&G: Secreted by alpha and beta cells in pancreas

GH secreted by anterior pituitary

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Insulin and glucagon vs growth hormone: release controlled by

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I&G: release controlled by glucose levels in blood

GH: release controlled by glucose levels in blood and by levels of GH and somatomedins in blood

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I&H vs GH: influence by hypothalamus

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I&G: release not directly under influence of hypothalamus
GH: release directly influenced by hypothalamus

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I&G vs GH: what promotes conversion of aas and protein

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I&G: insulin

GH: growth hormone

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I&G vs GH: what liberates glucose from glycogen

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I&G: glucagon

GH: growth hormone

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I&G vs GH: what breaks down adipose tissue into ffas?

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I&G: glucagon

GH: growth hormone

73
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I&G vs GH: involvement in skeletal growth

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I&G: not directly involved

GH: > cartilage formation and skeletal growth

74
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What is insulin

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Peptide hormone
Secreted by beta cells of islets of Langerhans
Inactive precursor called proinsulin
Packed into vesicles by Golgi apparatus

75
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Stimulus for release of insulin

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> blood glucose

> blood arginine/ leucine

76
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Type 1 diabetes/ insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

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Lack of insulin from beta cells
Cells can’t take-up glucose (body reacts as if glucose levels are low - lipids and proteins broken down and ketone bodies produced - can cause ketoacidosis > death)
High glucose levels in urine - polyuria (sweet!)
Chronic hyperglycaemia and dehydration causes many problems e.g. fatigue, muscle wasting, neuropathy, retinopathy

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Type 2 diabetes/ Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

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Typically obese individuals >40
Maturity onset diabetes
90% of diabetes cases
Insulin levels normal but peripheral tissues don’t respond
< weight and metformin (which lowers glucose synthesis and release at liver)

78
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Metformin

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An oral hypoglycaemic agent of the biguanide group
Half-life of about 3 hours
Lowers blood sugar by means that are incompletely understood
Causes > in glucose uptake by muscle
< hepatic production of glucose
Does not cause hypoglycaemia but prevents hyperglycaeia
Unwanted effects include GI disturbances and lactic acidosis

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Diabetes insipidus

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Posterior pituitary gland fails to produce adequate levels of ADH
Results in polydipsia (excessive drinking) and polyuria (excessive urination) - i.e. symptoms of diabetes

80
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

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20% of women have cysts
6-10% have PCOS
Major feature of PCOS is insulin resistance accompanied by hyperandrogenism
Reduced fertility

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