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GI Hormones Flashcards

0
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Peptide hormones are synthesized in ER as the ________

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Prohormone

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Classification of Hormones

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Peptides and Proteins
AA derivatives
Steroids
FA derivatives
Eicosanoids
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What secretes your peptide hormones?

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Pituitary Gland

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3
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Anterior pituitary Gland secretes what?

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LH
FSH
PRL
ACTH
GH
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4
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Posterior pituitary Gland secretes what?

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ADH

Oxytocin

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5
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Peptide hormones are secreted by what organs

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Heart
Pancreas
GIT
Fat stores

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6
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What organ secretes insulin and somatostatin?

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Pancreas

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7
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CCK and gastrin is secreted by what organ

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GIT

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8
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Leptin is secreted by what?

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Fat stores

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9
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Serotonin and melatonin are derivatives of what amino acid

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Tryptophan

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10
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Thyroid hormones and catecholamines are derivatives of what amino acid?

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Tyrosine

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What is the amino acid derivative of histamine

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Glutamic acid

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12
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What is the rate limiting step in steroid synthesis

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Conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone

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13
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Cortisol and testosterone are under what classification of hormones?

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Steroids

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14
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Eicosanoids are derived from what?

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Polyunsaturated FA

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15
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Precursor of Eicosanoids

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Arachidonic acid

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What are the principal classes of eicosanoids?

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Prostaglandin, prostacyclin, leukotriene, thromboxane

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17
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What are the two major functions of your pancreas

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Exocrine

Endocrine

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18
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How many hormones are secreted by the pancreas

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3: insulin, glucagon, somatostatin

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19
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Major function of the pancreas in which it produces pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes

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Endocrine

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20
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Major function of your pancreas that produces several important hormones

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Endocrine

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21
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Secreted by beta cells

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Insulin

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22
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Pancreatic cell: function is to inhibit endocrine pancreas

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Somatostatin

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23
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What is secreted by alpha cells

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Glucagon

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24
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Pancreatic cell: functions to lower blood sugar

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Insulin

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25
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PP cells secrete what?

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Pancreatic Polypeptide

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26
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Delta cells secrete what?

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Somatostatin

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27
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Pancreatic cell: inhibits exocrine pancreas

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Pancreatic Polypeptide

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28
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Pancreatic cell: raise blood sugar

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Glucagon

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29
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Most abundant pancreatic cell

A

Beta cells

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30
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What type of GLUT receptor can be seen be seen in your red blood cells and brain?

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GLUT 1

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31
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GLUT 2 receptors can be seen in what part of the body?

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Beta islet cells, liver, kidney

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32
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Muscles and adipose tissue contains what type of GLUT receptor?

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GLUT 4

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33
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What do you call the breakdown of glucose to pyruvate and ATP?

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Glycolysis

34
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How is insulin released in response to glucose?

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Inc glucose
Inc glycolysis
Inc ATP
Inhi of ATP-Sensitive K channels
Depolarization of B cell membrane
Inc calcium influx
Exocytosis of Insulin
Dec blood glucose
35
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Hormones that counter the effect of insulin in liver and peripheral tissue by inducing glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis

A

Norepi and Epi

36
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Increase of these hormones up regulate insulin secretion by increasing the preproinsulin mRna and enzymes involved in processing the preprohormone

A

GH
hPL
estrogen
Progestin

37
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Key regulatory enzymes of glycolysis

A

Glucokinase
PFK 1
PK

38
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How does insulin levels increase in tissues

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Increasing the number of plasma membrane glucose transporters

39
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Insulin stimulates ____________ by promoting dephosphorylation and activation of Acetyll CoA carboxylase in a mechanism mediated by cAMP

A

Lipogenesis and FA synthesis

40
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Insulin promotes _____________ by dephosphorylating glycogen synthase and activating it

A

Glycogenesis

41
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Inability to produce and/or respond appropriately to insulin

A

DM

42
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What is the effect of insulin and somatostatin to your glucagon levels?

A

Dec secretion of glucagon

43
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Secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas

A

Somatostatin

44
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What is the effect of somatostatin in neural tissue

A

Inhi GH secretion

45
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This acts as a paracrine inhibitor of other pancreatic hormones

A

Somatostatin

46
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Pancreatic polypeptide is produced by what kind of cells

A

Pancreatic F cells

47
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GAS gene is located on what chromosome

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Long arm of chrom 7

48
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What is the function of Gastrin

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Stimulates parietal cell to secrete HCl

49
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Direct binding of gastrin to gastrin/CCK2 receptors will result to what?

A

In parietal cells, H secretion

50
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Indirect binding of gastrin to its receptors will result to what?

A

In stomach, release of histamine – will act on parietal cells – H secretion

51
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Gastrin causes the chief cells to produce what

A

Pepsinogen

52
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What is the Zymogen form of the enzyme pepsin

A

Pepsinogen

53
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Gastrin release is inhibited by

A

Acid and Somatostatin

54
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A condition wherein gastrin is produced at excessive levels often by a gastrinoma of the antrum of the pancreas

A

ZES

Zollinger Ellison Syndrome

55
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CCK is previously called

A

Pancreozymin

56
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Stimulates digestion of fat and protein and acts as a hunger suppressant

A

CCK

57
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CCK is secreted by what part of the GIT

A

Duodenum

58
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Acts on the pancreas to stimulate trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, AMS, and LPS

A

CCK

59
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CCK will result to ______ levels of hepatic bile

A

Increased

60
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CCK stimulates gallbladder __________ and ___________ of the sphincter of Oddi.

A

Contraction, relaxation

61
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Mediates satiety by acting on receptors located in the brain

A

CCK

62
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Secreted in response to low duodenal pH due to chyme entering from the stomach

A

Secretin

63
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Inhibits gastrin release to decrease acid secretion from the stomach

A

Secretin

64
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Stimulates bicarbonate from liver, pancreas and brunner’s gland of the stomach to buffer the acidic chyme

A

Secretin

65
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Enhances the effect of CCK

A

Secretin

66
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Synthesized by K cells in the mucosa of the duodenum and jejunum

A

GIP

67
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What is the effect of GIP to Insulin secretion

A

Increase

68
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This type of DM is not responsive to GIP

A

Type 2

69
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Motilin is secreted by what cells of the small intestine?

A

Mo cells

70
Q

Increases GI motility and stimulates production of pepsin

A

Motilin

71
Q

Drugs that act as non-peptide motilin agonistS that is used to stimulate GI motility

A

Erythromycin

72
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Produced in the pancreas for the secretion of water and electrolytes and dilation of intestinal smooth muscle and peripheral bld vessels

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VIP

73
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Plays a key role in circadian rhythms

A

VIP

– suprachiasmatic nuclei

74
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In the heart, it causes coronary vasodilation an positive inotropic and chronotropic effect

A

VIP

75
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What is the effect of Bombesin to G cells

A

Stimulates gastrin release

76
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Second source of negative feedback signals that stop the eating behavior

A

Bombesin

77
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Ghrelin is produced by what cells?

A

P/D1 cells - fundus

Epsilon cells - pancreas

78
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Produced by the P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the stomach and epailon cells of the pancreas

A

Ghrelin

79
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What os the effect of Ghrelin to appetite

A

Stimulate

80
Q

Counterpart of the hormone Leptin

A

Ghrelin

81
Q

Produced in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in the anterior pituitary gland

A

Ghrelin

– stim secretion of GH

82
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Ghrelin stimulates almost all other hormones except

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Insulin secretion

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