Endocrinology

Question 1

What is Bromocriptin and Carbagolin?

Answer 1

DA-agonists

Question 2

What is the HPA axis?

Answer 2

CRH —ACTH—Cortisol

Question 3

Wahts the big difference between primary and secondary adrenocorticoid insuff?

Answer 3

In secondary, mineralcorticoid function is preserved

Question 4

Name some mineralcorticoids

Answer 4

Aldosteron
Fludrocortison
Desoxicortison

Question 5

Name some glucocorticoids

Answer 5

Solucortef=hydrocortison
Prednisolon
Betapred

Question 6

Signs of Addison crisis?

Answer 6

=HYPO Na, HYPER K
Hypertermia up to 45
Postural hypotension
Mental state changes and muscle weakness

Question 7

What is tuber cinerum?

Answer 7

It is located between mammillary bodies and optic chiasm. Devoid of the blood brain barrier, it normally enhances after contrast administration.

A hollow eminence of gray substance situated between the corpora mammillaria behind, and the optic chiasma in front. Laterally it is continuous with the anterior perforated substances and anteriorly with a thin lamina, the lamina terminalis.

Question 8

What type of cells are there in the tubero-hypophyseal tract?

Answer 8

Its parvocellular and terminate in the median eminence of the pituitary stalk where it release substances in the hypophyseal portal circulation

Question 9

What substances are released in the posterior pituitary gland?

Answer 9

ADH and oxyocin

Question 10

In what 2 hypothalamic nuclei are ADH and oxytocin produced and in what celltype?

Answer 10

Magnocellular neuroendocrine nerves in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei.