Endocrine System Flashcards
Direct hormones?
stimulate organs
Tropic hormones?
stimulate other glands, hormones
How do peptides act?
via 2nd messengers
How do steroids act?
hormone/receptor binding to DNA
What 7 hormones come from the anterior pituitary?
Follicle stimulating Luteinizing Adrenocorticotropic Thyroid stimulating Prolactin Endorphins Growth hormone
Follicle Stimulating hormone (FSH)?
stimulates follicle maturation, spermatogenesis
Luteinizing hormone (LH)?
stimulates ovulation, testosterone synthesis
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)?
stimulates adrenal cortex to make and secrete glucocorticoids
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)?
stimulates thyroid to produce thyroid hormones
Prolactin?
stimulates milk production and secretion
Endorpins?
inhibits the perception of pain in the brain
Growth hormone (GH)?
stimulates bone and muscle growth/lipolysis
What is created in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary?
oxytocin
ADH
Oxytocin?
stimulates uterine contractions during labor, milk secretion during lactatioin
Antidiuretic (ADH, vasopressin)?
stimulates water reabsorption in kidneys
What is secreted from the thyroid?
Thyroid hormone
Calcitonin
Thyroid hormone (TH, T3, T4)?
stimulates metabolic activity
Calcitonin?
decreases blood calcium levels
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)?
increases blood calcium levels
What is secreted from the adrenal cortex?
Glucocorticoids
Mineralcorticoids
Glucocorticoids?
increases blood glucose levels and decreases protein synthesis, anti-inflammatory
Mineralcorticoids?
increases water reabsorption in kidneys
What is secreted by the adrenal medulla?
epinephrine
norepinephrine
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine?
increases blood glucose levels and heart rate
What is secreted by the pancreas?
Glucagon
Insulin
Somatostatin
Glucagon?
stimulates conversion of glycogen to glucose in the liver, increases blood glucose
Insulin?
lowers blood glucose, increases glycogen stores
Somatostatin?
suppresses secretion of glucagon and insulin
Testosterone?
maintains male secondary sex characteristics
Estrogen?
maintains female sex characteristics
Progesterone?
promotes growth/maintenance of endometrium
Where is melatonin secreted?
pineal gland
Melatonin?
regulates sleep-wake cycles
Atrial natriuretic peptide?
secreted by heart, involved in osmoregulation and vasodilation
Thymosin?
secreted by thymus, stimulates T-cell development, only in children
What are the 4 stages of the menstrual cycle?
- Follicular
- Ovulation
- Luteal
- Menstruation
Follicular phase?
FSH causes growth of a follicle
Ovulation?
LH causes follicle to release egg
Luteal phase?
corpus luteum forms
Menstruation?
endometrial lining sheds