Endocrine- Fitz

Question 0

Synthesis of sex hormones

Answer 0

Cholesterol -> androstenedione -> testosterone -> aromatase-> estradiol
-> aromatase -> estrone -> estradiol

Question 1

Name the steroid hormones

Answer 1

Cortisol
Aldosterone
Testosterone
Esterdiol
-all cholesterol derivatives

Question 2

Location of peptide and catecholamine receptors

Answer 2

Plasma membrane

Question 3

Major form of peptides and catecholamines in plasma

Answer 3

Free, unbound

Question 4

Location of receptors for steroids and thyroid hormones

Answer 4

Intercellular

Question 5

Major form of steroid and thyroid hormones in plasma

Answer 5

Protein bound

Usu to albumin

Question 6

An increase in the number of receptors

Answer 6

Up regulator

Question 7

Decrease in the number of receptors

Answer 7

Down regulation

Question 8

Controllers of hormone secretion

Answer 8

Ions or nutrients
Neurotransmitters
Hormones

Question 9

Tropic hormone

Answer 9

A hormone that controls the secretion of another hormone

Question 10

Where are the hormones of the posterior pituitary synthesized?

Answer 10

Hypothalamus

Question 11

What is the carrier protein of ADH?

Answer 11

Neurophysin

Question 12

What are colloid cells?

Answer 12

A precursor to thyroxin

Question 13

What type of cells make colloid cells?

Answer 13

Follicular cells

Question 14

What are the three zones of the adrenal cortex?

Answer 14

Glomerulosa
Fasciculata
Reticularis

Question 15

What apart of cortex is aldosterone found?

Answer 15

Glomerulosa

Question 16

What part of the cortex is cortisol found?

Answer 16

Fasciculata

Question 17

What part of the cortex are androgens found?

Answer 17

Reticularis

Question 18

What is the result of too much cortisol?

Answer 18

Cushings disease

Question 19

What is the result of too little cortisol?

Answer 19

Adrenal insufficiency- Addison’s disease