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Endocrine Review Flashcards

1
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3 circumstances of human physiology that would cause an increase in epo ?

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Decrease of blood oxygen, COPD, Drug use, Toxemia, Liver failure, Cancer

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Which hormone is made by fat cells produces feeling of satiety?

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Leptin

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3
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5 ways that cells communicate?

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Gap junctions, Neurotransmitter, Hormones, desmosome

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4
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Which hormone made by the kidneys increase red cell production

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Erythropoietin

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5
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What is a zeitgeber 2 examples?

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Time keeper, smell touch taste sound

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6
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Which cells in the pineal gland makes melatonin?

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Pinealocytes

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7
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How do individuals communicate?

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Pheromones

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8
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What is the neurotransmitter precursors for synthesis of melatonin?

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Serotonin

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9
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What is the amino acid precursor to the synthesis of melatonin ?

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Tryptophan

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10
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What’s the proper name for pineal gland?

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Epiphysis cerebri

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11
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2 differences between endocrine and exocrine?

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Endocrine has no ducts and uses blood stream, Exocrine has extracellular effects and dispensed on surfaces

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12
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Which endocrine gland makes atrial natriuretic peptide?

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Heart

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13
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Which small polypeptide is less than 200 amino acids in length?

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insulin or oxytocin

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14
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Which lipid derived product is from fatty acid base?

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Prostaglandins or leukotrienes

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15
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Tyrosine is a precursor for which hormones?

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Epinephrine, dopamine, thyroid hormone

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16
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Which lipid derived or steroid hormones come from cholesterol ?

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estradiol , testosterone, calcitriol

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17
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Most common second messenger in the human body?

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cAMP

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18
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What are the 3 basic types of second messengers?

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Hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules, various gases

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19
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What’s special about calcium in the second messenger system?

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Can be a secondary messenger or recruit second messenger

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20
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Where are t lymphocytes originally produced ?

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Bone marrow

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21
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What is hormone that thymus produces?

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Thymosins

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22
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Identify 3 things ovaries produce?

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Progesterone, Estrogen, Inhibin

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23
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3 effects of testosterone in males?

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Stimulates growth of penis and testes , Promotes muscle growth, male secondary characteristics

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24
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Which type of diabetes requires insulin?

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Type 1

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25
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4 hormones that come from the hypothalamus?

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PRH, PIH, GHRH, GHIH

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26
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Which type of diabetes is genetic and juvenile onset ?

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Type 1

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27
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4 symptoms of diabetes?

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Frequent urination, Excessive hunger or thirst, excessive sugar in urine, Blurred vision, Slow healing sores

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28
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What do delta cells produce?

A

Somatostatin

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29
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How many nuclei exist in hypothalamus?

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9

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30
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Which cells of the pancreas make insulin?

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Beta cells

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31
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The 2% of the pancreas that is endocrine in nature are known as the?

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islets of langerhans

32
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Anterior pituitary gland also known as the?

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Adenohypophysis

33
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Posterior pituitary is known as?

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Neurohypophysis

34
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What is the function of LH in females?

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Ovulation and synthesis of progesterone

35
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Function of FSH in males ?

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spermatogenesis and inhibin

36
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Prolactin In females?

A

Milk synthesis

37
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Function of TSH?

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Growth of thyroid

38
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What causes the anterior pituitary gland to release POMC?

39
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Identify whether or not arginine vasopressin causes

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vasoconstriction

40
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Which cells do calcitonin promotes function of?

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Osteoblast

41
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Zona faciculata produces which hormone?

42
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Which cells of the pancreas produce secretions for digestive enzymes ?

A

polypeptide cells

43
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When does testosterone synthesis began in males?

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Fetal development

44
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2 functions of progesterone?

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Uterus Lining to thicken, maintain pregnancy, regulates menstrual

45
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What does liver make that indirectly promotes function of GH?

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IGF(insulin like growth factor)

46
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What condition causes chronic polyuria and hyposecretion of ADH ?

A

diabetes insipidus

47
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3 symptoms of hyperinsulinism?

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Weakness, hunger, hypoglycemia, insulin shock’

48
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Normal level of blood glucose?

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70-110 per 100 ml of blood

49
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Males have testes that are secreting testosterone but lacks receptors for what it what condition does he have?

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androgens insensitivity syndrome

50
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Brittles bones, renal calculi, high blood calcium level from excessive PTH release?

A

Hyperparathyroidism

51
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Individual over the age of 40 that are overweight typically have what type of diabetes?

52
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Weight gain in the trunk of the body but not arms and legs?

A

Cushing’s syndrome

53
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When adrenal gland become unresponsive to ACTH no cortisol is being produced and access POMC is causing bronzing of the skin what condition exists?

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Addison’s disease

54
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Which portion of adrenal cortex makes mineralocorticoids?

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Glomurolsa

55
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2 products of adrenal medulla?

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Epinephrine, Norepinephrine

56
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What is an antagonist to calcitonin?

57
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4 symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

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Bulging eyes, Insomnia, Night sweats, Hyperactivity, Enlargement of thyroid

58
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An exothalmic goiter as seen in graves disease can cause which endocrine disorder?

A

Hyperthyroidism

59
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3 side effects of hypothyroidism?

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Weight gain, Loss of hair, Cold intolerance

60
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Low blood levels of thyroid hormone which endocrine disorder is it?

A

hypothyroidism

61
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Besides t3 and t4 what other hormone does the thyroid gland produce?

A

Calcitonin

62
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Beside thyroglobulin what else is needed to produce t3 and t4?

63
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What are the side effects of ginatism?

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Poor health, increased height, poor heart function

64
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Which condition is when there is too little growth hormone released before epiphyseal plates close?

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Pituitary dwarfism

65
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What condition is when there too much GH after epiphyseal plates have closed?

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Acromegaly

66
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What is the name of the tract that connects the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary gland?

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Tubersinerium

67
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Identify all hormones made by interior?

A

TSH ACTH FSH LH PRL MSH GH

68
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Functions of oxytocin in females ?

A

Labor contractions, Production of milk

69
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Identify effect of oxytocin in males?

A

Assists with ejaculation/ social hormone

70
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What does posterior pituitary gland produce?

71
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Identify 4 functions of hypothalamus?

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Body Temp, Hunger, Thirst, Heartbeat, Water balance, Glandular secretions

72
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Peptide hormones affect existing proteins within the cell what do steroid hormones effect within the cell?

A

Rate of transcription

73
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What specific piece of the dna do lipid soluble hormones bind to?

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The hormone responsive element (hre)

74
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What do peptide hormones need to reach and identify targets?

A

Secondary messengers

75
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What type of receptors do steroid hormones/lipid soluble hormones bind to?

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Intracellular receptors

76
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What is the difference between peptide hormones and steroid hormones?

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peptide hormones are water soluble and steroids hormones are lipid soluble

77
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What’s a pheromone?

A

Chemical signal that influences behavior of other individuals

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