Exam #3: Endocrine Flashcards
1
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Somatotrope
A
- Secrete Growth Hormone
- Large-sized secretory granules that occupy a large amount of cytoplasm
2
Q
Cotricotropes
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- Secrete ACTH
- Few secretory granules
- Granules located next to the plasma membrane
3
Q
Thyrotropes
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- Secrete TSH
- Numerous small size secretory granules
4
Q
Gonadotrope
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- Medium sized
- More numerous than corticotropes
5
Q
Acidophils
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1) Somatotropes
2) Mammotropes
6
Q
Basophils
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1) Corticotropes
2) Thyrotropes
3) Gonatotropes
7
Q
Somatotrope
A
- Acidophil
- Growth-Hormone/ Somatotropin
- Growth of long bones & increase metabolism
8
Q
Somatotrophic Adenoma
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- Tumor of the anterior pituitary that causes overproduction of somatotropin/ growth hormone
- Causes Gigantism
9
Q
Acromegaly
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Excessive somatotropin/ growth hormone in the adult (epiphyseal plates closed)
10
Q
Mammotrope
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- Acidophil
- Prolactin
- Stimulates lactation & development of mammary gland
11
Q
Prolactinoma
A
- Most common pituitary adenoma
- Blindness initially then galactorrhea
12
Q
Corticotropes
A
- Basophil
- ACTH
- Cortisol & corticosterone in adrenal cortex
13
Q
Thyrotropes
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- Basophil
- TSH
- T3 & T4
14
Q
Gonadotropes
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- Basophil
- LH & FSH
- Development of testes & ovaries/ reprodution
15
Q
Nuclei of the posterior pituitary
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- Supraoptic nuclei & PVN
- Herring bodies & pituicytes