Final Flashcards
What are the major secretions?
Salivary Glands Gastric Glands Intestinal Epithelium Pancreas Gallbladder
What secretes automatically?
Intestinal Epithelium
What does the Myenteric plexus do?
movement in intestine
What does the Meissener Plexus?
Secretion
What are the 4 types of diarrhea?
Osmotic
Secretory
Exudative
Increased Motility
Which form of Hepatitis is transmitted enterically?
HAV
Which form of Hepatitis co-infects with another?
HDV
Which form of Hepatitis is transmitted fecal, orally, or parentarially?
HEV
What regulates the Pituitary gland?
Hypothalamus
What hormones are released by the anterior pituitary?
Somatotrope Lactotrope Gonadotrope Corticotrope Thyroidtrope
(S)ing (L)oud (G)od (C)omes (T)hrough
What produces LH & FSH?
Gonadotrope
What produces prolactin?
Lactotrope
What produces growth hormon?
Somatotrope
What produces ACTH?
Corticotropes
What produces TSH?
Thyroidtropes
What does the posterior pituitary gland secrete?
ADH & Oxytocin
What are the the direct effects of GH?
increase blood sugar
What are the indirect effects of GH?
Increase liver metabolsim
Bone formation
Decrease fat mass
Increase muscle mass
The blockage of dopamine can causes?
Gynecomastia
What is the function of gastrin?
Release of histamine
What are the lipid soluble hormones?
Thyroid hormones & steriod
What are the water soluble hormones?
Peptide & Tyrosine-derived catecholamines
What do lipid soluble hormones do?
activate intracellular receptors
What are steriods made of?
Cholesterol
What do water soluble hormones bind to?
Cell surface receptors
Where are peptides stored?
Vesicles
How are catecholamines formed?
By enzymes inside of cytoplasm
What forms dopamine, norepinephrine, & epinephrine?
Catecholamine
What causes a small amount of hormones to create a big effect?
Signal Amplification
What is up regulation?
Low hormone levels for a long period of time
What are high hormone levels for a long period of time?
Down regulation
What is the primary mechanism for controlling hormones?
Negative Feedback
Stimulated by low glucose?
GHRH
What is the primary target of GH?
The liver
What does prolactin suppress?
Gonadotropes
What is dopamine?
Prolactin inhibitory factor
What stimulates cortisol & androgens?
ACTH
What is TSH inhibited by?
Concentration of circulating T3
What hormones are secreted by the cortex?
Glucocorticoid (cortisol) Mineralcorticoid (aldosterone) Sex steroids (Androgen)
What hormones does the medulla secrete?
Epinephrine & Norepinephrine
What increases calcium?
Parathyroid Hormone
What does primary disorder involve?
Endocrine gland