Endocrinology Flashcards
What part of the brain has no real BBB
Hypothalamus
What are two parts of the hypothalamus
anterior and posterior pituitary
Which is neuro and which is adeno: Anterior or posterior pitutitary
Neuro: Posterior pituitary
Adeno: Anterior Pituitary
Where does the pituitary gland sit
Inside the sella tursica in the center of the skull/sphenoid bone
What does the secretory neuron/axons do
Take oxytocin and ADH to the post pituitory to store it
Where does the neurohypophysis come from?
from neuro ectoderm of the forebrain to make the posterior pituitary
Where does the adenohypophysis come from?
the rafkies pouch and grows backward to make the anterior pituitary
which pituitary makes its own hormonal output
Anterior pit
The portal venous system is where?
between hypothalamus and anterior pituitary
What does the anterior pituitary make
TSH, ACTH, Growth Hormone, Prolactin, FSH, LH
What makes oxytocin and ADH?
The hypothalamus, its secreted to the posterior pituitary by secretory neurons/axons
Stored in the posterior pituitary
What does oxytocin do?
smooth muscle contraction
How do second messinger systems work?
They bind peripherally and that causes a receptor on the cell membrane to activate and cause second messingers inside the cell to do something specific for the cell
Steroid vitamin D get in the cell how?
They are lipophillic they go through the cell bind to receptor inside cell and activate
Is thyroid lipophilic
no
ACTH Acts where and does what
adrenal cortex for cortisol production
LH Acts where and does what
Testies, ovary, oestrogen, androgen, ovulation and progesterone
TSH Acts where and does what
thyroid for T4 and T3
Prolactin Acts where and does what
breast for lactation
GH Acts where and does what
growth hormone for growth
FSH Acts where and does what
spermatogenesis follicle growth
what is the classic disease of hypopituitary when there is loss of anterior pituitary out
sheehan’s syndrome/empty sella syndrome
what is the classic disease of hypopituitary when there is loss of posterior pituitary out
diabetes insipididus
What happens in diabetes inspidius
NO ADH from posterior pituitary leads to inability to concentrate the urine and unquenchable thirst that wakes the up at night.
electrolyte disturbances
Hyperpituitarism is from what
the anterior pituitary usually an adenoma
What is the most common adenoma
Prolactinoma
What is somatotropic adenoma secreting and what does it lead to
Excess GH leads to acromegaly(adults) and giantism(kids)
What do corticotrophic tumors secret
ACTH leads to cushings syndrome
What two cells manufacture thyroid hormone
follicular and colloid cells
____+____=thyroid horomone
Tyrosine + Iodine
what thyroid is imported
T3Leio
T4Levo
What enzyme imports Iodine from I- to I2
Oxidation peroxidase
What happens to T3 and T4
- the free form is taken to target tissues when stimulated by TSH
- it is conjugated in bile and gets excreted