Endocrinology Flashcards
secretion from neurons reach the blood stream and influence cells some distance away
neuroendocrine
Hormone classifications (3)
- proteins and peptides
- steroids (cholesterol derived)
- aa tyrosine derived (epi, norepi, dopa, thyroxine)
______ _______ usually controls secretion of hormones; less often by ________ _________ (oxytocin cervix dilation)
negative feedback,
positive feedback
adrenal medulla is modified _______ ________
neural tissue
amino acid based hormone classifications (4)
- simple aa, peptide & protein
- can’t enter cell
- 2nd messenger use
- most common
Steroid hormone classifications (5)
- cholesterol derived
- can enter cells
- direct action
- gonadal and adrenocortical
- usually slower overall effect
lab test for hormones
Challenging (small amounts)
-radioimmunoassay (bound/free ratio)
Pituitary components
- anterior pituitary (adrenohypoghysis)
2. posterior pituitary (neurohypophysis)
Posterior pituitary releases _________ and _______- both made in the ___________, particularly in the ____ _____ & ____________ nuclei. Released directly into circ.
ADH and Oxytocin,
hypothalamus,
supra optic ¶ventricular nuclei
embriologic derivation:
anterior pituitary:
posterior pituitary:
- oral cavity pouch
- down growth of 3rd ventricle
Hormones released by anterior pituitary(6)
GOAT FLAP
- Growth GH
- Ox
- adrenocorticotrophic ACTH
- Thyroid stimulating TSH (thyrotropin)
- Follicle Stimulating FSH
- Luteinizing LH
- ADH
- Prolactin
Hypothalamus controls pituitary by_________ _______ ________, released into ________-________ portal blood vessels.
hypothalamic releasing hormones, (^ concentration vs. syst)
hypothalamic-hypophysial
__________hypothalamus monitors body fluid _________ (CSF 3rd vent–directly adjacent). _____ secreted to adjust for _______ changes.
osmoreceptors,
osmolarity,
ADH,
osmolarity
ADH acts on ______ _____ of the ____ renal tubules and _____ _____ to INCREASE H2O reabsorption
Principle cells,
DISTAL,
collecting ducts
baroreceptors in the ____ _____, _____ ____, and carotid artery sense _______/ _____ and signal the hypothal via the _____ nerve to ^v ADH secretion
left atrium, aortic arch,
hypoveolemia/ hypervolemia,
vagus
Diabetes insipidus DI can be:
- central DI
2. nephrogenic DI (osmolar gradient lost)
ADH pathophys characterized by decrease in plasma osmolarity, decreased serum Na+ (too much total body water)
SIADH syndrom of inappropriate ADH secretion usually from (OAT CELL CARCINOMA of lung)
Functions: uterine contration, milk “let down”, milk ejeciton
oxytocin
oxytocin release stimulated by
- nipple stim
- sight, sound, smell infant
- cervical dilation (positive feedback)
6 anterior pituitary hormones produced by 5 cell types: (5)
- trophes:
1. thyrotrophes
2. corticotrophes
3. lactotrophes
4. gonadotrophes
Growth Hormone (GH) actions (4)
aka somatotropin
- ^ linear growth
- ^ protein synthesis
- ^ fat utilizaiton for energy
- ^ insulin resistance – DIABETOGENIC–wants body to use fats before glucose
excess GH:
deficiency in GH:
- -Acromegaly(when growth plates already closed-over ^time) vs. gigantism (^ GH before plates closed)
- -pituitary dwarf (no linear growth)
XRH
released by hypothalamus to stimulate pituitary
GH secretion stimulated by: (4)
- fasting
- starving
- ^ aa in plasm
- exercise
- -GH opposed by
- -GH mediated by
somatostatin
somatomedin
pregnancy and suckling stimulate production and release of ______. Dopamine inhibits release. Hormone inhibits _____ , and promotes ______ development.
prolactin,
ovulation,
breasts
galactorrhea cause from. This along with _______ presenting symptoms of pituitary adenoma.
^ prolactin–headache
- v dopamine
- pituitary tumor
TSH–in response to ____
thyroid stimulating hormone (thyrotropin),
thyroid releasing hormone (TRH)
TSH actions (2)
Thyroid stimulating hormone (thyrotropin)
1. regulates growth of thyroid
2. regulates secretion T3 & T4
Negative feedback to HYPO and PIT
ACTH from ___-_______. Released by _________-______ _____
adrenocorticotrophic hormone from pro-opiomelanocortin,
corticotrophin-rleasing hormone
ACTH modulates ________ secretion from the zona __________ of adrenal _______
cortisol,
fasciculate,
cortex
FSH under control of ______.
Follicle stimulation hormone,
Release controlled by GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone
FSh actions (2)
- stim development of ovary follicles
2. stim spermatogenesis
LH under control by _____. Hormone stimulates development of _____ ______ in women. Stimulates ________ ______ for Leydig cells of ____ in men.
Luteinizing Hormone–GnRH,
corpus luteum,
testosterone secretion,
testis
T3 and T4 are highly _____ ______ in blood. So effects will be ______; long ____-_____. Less than __% free in serum, rest bound to ______-____ ______.
protein bound, steady, half-life, 1%, thyroxine-binding globulin
steroid hormones secreted by follicles and corpus luteum of ovaries. Negative feedback to hypothalamus ^v release of ____ and ____
Estrogen and Progesterone,
FSH & LH
T4 ==> T3 functions (slide 23)
turns into
^ Na+ K+ ATPase ^ basal Metabolic rate ^ O2 consumption ^cardiac output (think of hypo/hyperthyroidism symptoms)
__________hypothalamus monitors body fluid _________ (CSF 3rd vent–directly adjacent). _____ secreted to adjust for _______ changes.
osmoreceptors,
osmolarity,
ADH,
osmolarity
ADH acts on ______ _____ of the ____ renal tubules and _____ _____ to INCREASE H2O reabsorption
Principle cells,
DISTAL,
collecting ducts
baroreceptors in the ____ _____, _____ ____, and carotid artery sense _______/ _____ and signal the hypothal via the _____ nerve to ^v ADH secretion
left atrium, aortic arch,
hypoveolemia/ hypervolemia,
vagus
Diabetes insipidus DI can be:
- central DI
2. nephrogenic DI (osmolar gradient lost)
ADH pathophys characterized by decrease in plasma osmolarity, decreased serum Na+ (too much total body water)
SIADH syndrom of inappropriate ADH secretion usually from (OAT CELL CARCINOMA of lung)
Functions: uterine contration, milk “let down”, milk ejeciton
oxytocin
oxytocin release stimulated by
- nipple stim
- sight, sound, smell infant
- cervical dilation (positive feedback)
6 anterior pituitary hormones produced by 5 cell types: (5)
- trophes:
1. thyrotrophes
2. corticotrophes
3. lactotrophes
4. gonadotrophes
Growth Hormone (GH) actions (4)
aka somatotropin
- ^ linear growth
- ^ protein synthesis
- ^ fat utilizaiton for energy
- ^ insulin resistance – DIABETOGENIC–wants body to use fats before glucose
excess GH:
deficiency in GH:
- -Acromegaly(when growth plates already closed-over ^time) vs. gigantism (^ GH before plates closed)
- -pituitary dwarf (no linear growth)
XRH
released by hypothalamus to stimulate pituitary
GH secretion stimulated by: (4)
- fasting
- starving
- ^ aa in plasm
- exercise
- -GH opposed by
- -GH mediated by
somatostatin
somatomedin
pregnancy and suckling stimulate production and release of ______. Dopamine inhibits release. Hormone inhibits _____ , and promotes ______ development.
prolactin,
ovulation,
breasts