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Hypothalamus Flashcards

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GHIH

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Growth hormone-inhibiting hormone(inhibiting)

  • from hypothalamus
  • to anterior pituitary
  • inhibits secretion of GH
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GHRH

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Growth hormone-releasing hormone(excitatory)

  • from the Hypothalamus
  • to the anterior pituitary
  • Action = stimulates secretion of GH
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CRH

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corticotropin-releasing hormone(excitatory)

  • from the hypothalamus
  • to the anterior pituitary
  • stimulates release of adrenocorticotropic hormone(ACTH)
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TRH

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thyrotropin-releasing hormone(excitatory)

  • from the hypothalamus
  • to anterior pituitary
  • stimulates release of thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH)
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GnRH

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone(excitatory)

  • from the hypothalamus
  • to anterior pituitary
  • stimulates release of gonadotropins(FSH and LH)
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PRH

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Prolactin-releasing hormone(excitatory)

  • from the hypothalamus
  • to the anterior pituitary
  • stimulates secretion of prolactin
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PIH

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prolactin-inhibiting hormones(inhibitory)

  • from the hypothalamus
  • to the anterior pituitary
  • inhibits secretion of prolactin
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GH

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growth hormone

  • from the anterior pituitary
  • promotes growth by stimulating protein anabolism and fat mobilization
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PRL

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prolactin

  • from the anterior pituitary
  • mammary glands
  • promotes milk secretion
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TSH

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thyroid stimulating hormone

  • from the anterior pituitary
  • to thyroid gland
  • stimulates development and secretion of the thyroid gland
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ACTH

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adrenocorticotropic hormone

  • from the anterior pituitary
  • to adrenal cortex
  • promotes development and secretion in the adrenal cortex
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LH

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Leuteinizing hormone

  • from the anterior pituitary
  • to the gonads
  • female = triggers ovulation; promotes development of corpus luteum
  • male = stimulates production of testosterone
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ADH

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antidiuretic hormone

  • from posterior pituitary
  • to kidney
  • promotes water retention by kidney tubules; raises blood pressure by stimulating muscles in walls of small arteries
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OT

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oxytocin

  • from the posterior pituitary
  • to the uterus and mammary glands
  • stimulates uterine contractions; stimulates ejection of milk into ducts of mammary glands
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Melatonin

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produced by pineal gland

  • production and secretion mediated largely by postganglionic retinal nerve fibers that pass through the retinohypothalamic tract to the suprchiasmatic nucleus, then to the superior cervical ganglion, and to the pineal gland
  • activated by darkness and suppressed by light
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anterior pituitary

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master gland

1) pars distalis = major endocrine part
2) pars tuberalis = extension contacting the infundibulum

  • derived from pharyngeal epithelial tissue
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anterior pituitary gland cells

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1) acidophils
- somatotrophs and lactotrophs
2) basophils
- corticotrophs, thyrotrophs, and gonadotrophs

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posterior pituitary

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  • neural part
  • continuation of the 3rd ventricle
  • derived from a down growth of the hypothalamus
  • consists of pars nervosa
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Hypothalamus –> anterior pituitary

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hypthalamus –> hormones produced and released –> tuberoinfundibular tract –> 2 capillary beds(superior hypophyseal artery) –> portal vein –> anterior pituitary –> produce or inhibit hormones –> circulatory system

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hypothalamus –> posterior pituitary

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paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei –> supraoptic-hypophyseal tract –> capillaries(inferior hypophyseal artery) –> hypophyseal vein

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Functions of the hypothalamus

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1) body temperature
2) cardiovascular system
3) food intake and body weight
4) thirst and water balance
5) involved in sleep and wakefulness
6) involved in emotional reactions
7) involved in reactions to stress
8) controls ovarian secretions during ovarian cycle
9) controls testicular secretions

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hypothalamus reaction to stress

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stress–> hypothalamus(CRH) –> anterior pituitary(ACTH) –> adrenal gland –> release of cortisol and adrenaline

  • chronic stress maintains high levels of cortisol and adrenaline

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