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Endocrine System Flashcards

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Horomone

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A chemical ligand or signal that travels a distance through the bloodstream in order to stimulate a response in target cells, tissues, or organs

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4 Avenues of Cell Communication

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  • Gap Junctions
  • Hormones
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Paracrines
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Endocrine VS Nervous

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Nervous

  • communicates with neurotransmitters
  • Localized effects
  • stops when stimuli stops
  • reacts within milliseconds

Endocrine

  • communicates with hormones
  • generalized widespread effect
  • lingers after stimuli stops
  • reacts slower to stimuli
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Endocrine VS Exocrine

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Endocrine

  • Ductless
  • secrete into bloodstream
  • intracellular effects
  • fenestrated capillaries

Exocrine

  • ducts
  • secrete out to epithelial surface
  • extracellular
  • no fenestrated capillaries
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Steroid Hormones

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Estrogen
Testosterone 
Cortisol 
Aldosterone
Vitamin D
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Non-steroid Hormones

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Amines ( Norepinepherine , epinephrine )
Proteins (PTH, GH, PRL)
Peptides (ADH,OT,TRH,SS,GnRH)
Glycoproteins (FSH,LH,TSH)

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Intracellular Chemical Signals that AREN’T hormones

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Autocrines, Paracrines, Pheromones, Neurohormone, Nuerotransmitter or neuromodulator

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TRH (Thyrotropin-releasing hormone)

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Released by: Hypothalamus

Effects: Promotes secretion of TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) AND PRL (prolactin)

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GnRH (Gonadotropin-releasing hormone)

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Released by: Hypothalamus

Effects: promotes secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH)

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Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)

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Released by: Hypothalamus

Effects: Promotes secretion of adrenocoritcotropic hormone (ACTH)

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Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH)

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Released by: Hypothalamus

Effects: promotes secreting of growth hormone (GH)

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Oxytocin (OT)

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Released by: Posterior pituitary

Effects: labor contractions, milk release

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Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

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Released by: Posterior pituitary

Effects: water retention

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How is secretion rate regulated ?

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1) action of a substance other than a hormone on an endocrine gland (insulin production)
2) Neural control of endocrine (epinephrine)
3) Control of secretory activity of one endocrine gland by hormone or neurohormone (TRH->TSH->T3 & T4->TRH)

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15
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What regulates anterior pituitary secretions?

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HYPOTHALAMUS

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What controls posterior pituitary secretions?

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NEUROENDOCRINE REFLEXES

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Melatonin

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Released by: Pineal Gland

Effects: Circadian Rhythm Control

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18
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What protein stores large amounts of thyroid hormone and where?

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-Thyrogloubin

In the thyroid gland

19
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What is the mineralcorticoid hormone

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Aldosterone

20
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What are the cells between follicles and what do they secrete?>

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Parafollicular cells ; calcitonin

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Thyroid Hormones

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  • T3 (Triiodothyronine, 10%)
  • T4 (Tetraiodothyronine or Thyroxine, 90%)

Formed in the LUMEN

Follicles of thyroid contain thyroglobulin

22
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Parathyroid Glands are made up of what types of cells

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OXYPHILS
CHIEF CELLS - secrete parathyroid or parathormone (PTH)

  • regulates Calcium levels
  • stimulates osteoclasts activity in bone

Target: Bone, Kidneys, and Intestines

23
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What hormone is essential for neuromuscular and cardiovascular function?

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Parathormone , Parathyroid hormone , or PTH

24
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3 Layers of Adrenal Cortex

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  • Zona glomuerulosa : (globs) small clusters of cells
  • Zona Fasciculata : thickest layer made of columns or fascicles
  • Zona Reticularis : deepest layer (net like)
25
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What are secretions of the adrenal medulla controlled by

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SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NERVE FIBERS

26
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Which cells release catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and a trace of dopamine)

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Chromaffin cells

27
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5 Most important corticosteroid subcategories and their function

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Mineralocorticoids: Regulate electrolyte balance
(ALDOSTERONE)
(Salt)
Glucocorticoids: regulate metabolism of glucose and other organic fuels
(Sugar)
Androgens: (Sex) developmental and reproductive functions

28
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What is secreted by the zona glomerulosa?

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Aldosterone which is regulated by decreasing the blood pressure

29
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What is secreted by the zona fasciculata?

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Glucocorticoids and androgens which are regulated by ACTH

CORTISOL

30
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What is secreted by the zona reticularis?

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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

31
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Which organ functions as both endocrine and exocrine glands ?

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Pancreas

32
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Which hormones are important in the regulation of circulating glucose?

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Pancreatic Hormones

33
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What cells make up pancreatic islets?

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Alpha (GLUCAGON), beta (INSULIN and AMYLIN), delta (SOMATOSTATIN)

34
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What are the functions of Glucagon

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Glycogenolysis (glycogen breakdown into glucose) 
 and Gluconeogenesis  (synthesis of glucose from fats and proteins
35
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What hyperglycemic hormones increase glucose levels in the blood?

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Growth Hormone
Epinephrine 
Norepinephrine 
Cortisol
Corticosterone
36
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Insulin targets which tissues

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Liver, adipose, muscle, and the safety center of the brain

37
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What is the function of AMYLIN

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It controls your apetite

38
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What does the absence in insulin do to your body

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Increases

  • hunger
  • urine volume (polyuria)
  • blood glucose levels
  • thirst (polydipsia)
39
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What does the placenta secrete

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Estrogen and progesterone that regulate pregnancy

40
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What Endocrine function does your skin do

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It converts chlolesterol like steroids into cholecalciferol (VITAMIN D PRECURSOR) using sunlight

41
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Endocrine functions of the liver

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Converts cholecalciferol into calcidol (hormone that stimulates calcium reg)

Secretes angiotesinogen 
Secretes erythropoietin (RBC PRODUCTION)
42
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Which organs secrete erythropoeitin ?

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Liver and Kidneys

43
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What do fat cells secrete

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Leptin (regulates apetite)

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