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what is an exocrine gland

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least one duct and secrete their product on surface or in the lumen of a hollow organ

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what is an endocrine gland

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ductless glands which secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream

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what does the endocrine system regulate

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  • growth
  • development
  • metabolism
  • adaptive of body in stressful situations producing hormones
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what carry hormones to target organs

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blood and lymph

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what are the central regulatory formations of the endocrine system

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  • hypothalamus
  • hypophysis- pituitary gland
  • pineal gland
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what are the peripheral endocrine organs

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  • thyroid
  • parathyroid
  • adrenal glands
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what organs have endocrine and nonendocrine functions

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  • gonads
  • pancreas
  • placenta
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what are isolated endocrine cells

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  • secrete steroids and other hormones
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what does the hypothalamus secrete

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  • oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone
  • simulate or inhibit secretion of pituitary hormones
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what do the axons of neurosecretory cells do

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form hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract terminate in posterior pituitary as accumulations of herring bodies

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what does the supraoptic nucleus secrete

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vasopressin - ADH

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what does ADH do

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  • increases permeability of water in distal convoluted tubules and collecting tubules making urine hypertonic
  • contract smooth muscle tissue of small arteries and increase blood pressure
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what does the paraventricular nuclei create

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oxytocin

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what does oxytocin do

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  • stimulates contraction of smooth muscle tissue in uterine during child birth
  • myoepithelial cells of mammary glands during nursing
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what do parvocelluar neucliei secrete

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  • Liberians and statins
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what are statins

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inhibit the production of relevant pituitary hormones

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what are Liberins

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stimulate the production of specific pituitary hormones

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where are hypothalamic releasing hormones released

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median eminence from neurosecretory terminals of neurones into the primary capillary plexus of the hypothalamo - hypophyseal portal system

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what does the portal system do

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carries hormones to secondary capillary plexus in the adenohypophysis

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where is the pituitary gland/ hypophysis found

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sella turcica of sphenoid bone

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what are the two parts of the hypophysis

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  • adenohypophysis - pars distalis, para tubercles and para intermedia
  • neurohypophysis
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where does the adenohypophysis arise from

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invagination from ectodermal roof or primitive mouth cavity forming rathke pouch

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where does the neurohypophysis arise from

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neuro-ectoderm from evagination from the floor of the diencephalon

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what is the pituitary gland composed of

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  • glandular tissue - secretes hormones
  • neural tissue - stories oxytocin and ADH
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what forms the branching cords of epithelial cells
para distal and para tuberials with capillaries in-between
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what are the cells forming adenohypophysis
- chromophil cells - chromophore cells
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what are chromophobes
- degranulated inactive resting cells capable of differentiation into chromophils - follicular cells that support network around other cells
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what are the types of acidophils
- mammotropic cells - produce prolactin to promote milk secretion - somatotropin cells - produce somatotropin with acts on growth of long bones
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what is the growth hormone called
insulin like growth factors - IGFs
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where is IGF-1 produced
liver and other tissues in response to growth hormone
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how does IGF-1 work
- binds to receptors on target tissue producing tyrosine kinase activation
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what are the effects of IGF-1
- stimulates linear growth - increase muscle mass - decrease adiposity - increase organ size
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what is acromegaly
- skin growth resulting in coarsening features - exaggeration of eyebrow ridges and skin folds on face - jaw is enlarged and skin becomes greasy
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what are the subtypes of basophils
- thryotropic cells - thyrotropin - stimulates thyroid hormone synthesis - corticotropic cells - ACTH - secretion of adrenal cortex hormone - gonadotropic cells - FSH and LH
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what does FSH do
promotes ovarian follicle development and estrogen secretion and spermatogenesis
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what does LH do
promotes ovarian follicle movement, ovulation and progreterone in females and androgen secretion in males
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what is pars intermedia
surrounds a serious of small cyst cavities that represent the residual human of rathkes pouch
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what cells are in the pars intermedia
melanocyte- stimulating hormone (MSH) - produces melanin lipotropin (LPH) - simulates metabolism of fat
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what cells make up the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
pituicytes - don't produce hormones
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what cells make up the pineal gland
- pinealocytes - secretary cells producing melatonin and serotonin - interstitial - separate pinealocytes from one another
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what are the functions of the pineal gland
- day and night cycles - increases melatonin at night
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what happens when melatonin increases
1) decreased production of gonadotrophin in hypothalamus 2) decreases pituitary gonadotrophin secretion 3) decreased gonadal growth and hormonal secretion
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what do thyroid hormones stimulate
- rate of metabolism - normal growth and development
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what is the difference between T3 and T4
T3 - 3 iodine atoms T4 - 4 iodine atoms
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what does calcitonin do
decreases blood calcium levels by inhibiting bone resorption
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what does thyroid epithelium consist of
follicular cells - produce T3 and T4 C-cells - produce calcitonin
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what are the characteristics of follicular cells
- cuboidal if active, squamous if invasive - highly active cells become columnar - under control of adenohypophysis
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what are the characteristics of parafollicular/ c-cells
- well developed rER, large golgi and numerous mitochondria - not under control of adenohypophysis
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what does the parathyroid glands consist of
- chief (principle) cells - oxyphil cells
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what is the stricture of chief cells
- basophilic - produce PTH
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what does parathyroid hormone do
acts on osteoclasts of bone tissue ---> resorption of bone matrix and releases calcium into blood
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what is the structure of oxyphil cells
- acidophilic - polygonal shape - larger than chief cells
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what are the sub divisions of the adrenal gland
outer zona glomerulosa middle zona fasciculate inner zona reticularis
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what does the zonaa glomerulosa consist of
columnar basophilic cells
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what does the zona glomerulosa secrete
mineralocorticoid hormone which regulates sodium and potassium and water balance
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how does aldosterone work
- acts on the distal tubules of nephrons in kidney - stimulates resorption of sodium and extraction of potassium - regulation of blood pressure
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what is the zona glomerulosa under feedback of
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
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what does the zona fasciculate secrete
glucocorticoids - regulate carbohydrate metabolism, breakdown of proteins and fats, anti-inflammatory properties and suppresses immune response
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what controls the secretion of glucocorticoids
ACTH of adenohypophysis
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what does the zona reticularis secrete
androgens and glucocorticoids
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what is zona reticularis under control of
ACTH of adenohypophysis
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what are the effects of adrenaline
- increase heart rate, * increase blood pressure, * reduce blood flow to viscera and skin, * stimulate the conversion of glycogen to glucose, * increase sweating, * induce dilation of bronchioles, * increase rate of respiration, * decrease digestion, * decrease urine production.
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what cells are in the adrenal medulla
- epinephrin secreting cells - adrenaline - norepinephrine secreting cells - noradrenaline
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