lab 14 minus obvious shit Flashcards

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circulating hormones

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hormones that diffuse from ISF to nearby capillaries and are circulated in the blood

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local hormones

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hormones that act on nearby cells or the cell that secreted them

inactivated quicker that circulating hormones

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in order for hormones to affect a cell:

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the target cell must have receptors for the hormone, can be inside the cell or on the membrane

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major endocrine structures (10)

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pituitary
thyroid
parathyroid
suprarenal
pineal
hypothalamus
pancreas
ovaries
testes
thymus

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endocrine vs exocrine glands

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endo - secrete products directly into blood stream

exo - secrete products into ducts

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infuncibular stalk

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connects hypothalamus and pituitary

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sella turcica

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feature on the sphenoid bone that houses the pituitary

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hypophyseal portal system function

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carry hormones directly to anterior pituitary

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9
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number of hormones released by the anterior pituitary

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7

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10
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what stimulates or inhibits release of anterior pituitary hormones

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hypothalamic hormones

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2 major hypothalamic hormones, and how they get to posterior pituiray

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oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone

these hormones are packed in secretory vesicles and sent to posterior pituitary where they are stored

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histology of pituitary gland (what you see on a slide)

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lighter part - posterior pituitary
darker part - anterior

anterior - grainy appearance

pos - light pink and streaky

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anterior pituitary hormones released (7)

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growth hormone
thyroid stimulating hormone
follicle stimulating hormone
luteinizing hormone
prolactin
adrenocorticotropic hormone
melanocyte-stimulating hormone

lots of stimulating hormones

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growth hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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anterior pituitary, goes to liver/bone/ muscle/cartilage, stimulates liver to release growth factors that promote growth in body tissues

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thyroid sitmulating horone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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anterior pituitary, thyroid, stimulates secretion of thhyroid hormones by the thyroid gland

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follicle stimulating hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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anterior pituitary, ovaries/testes, in females it stimulates development of oocytes and estrogens and in males it stimulates testes to make sperm

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lureinizing hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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anteriro pituitary, ovaries/testes, stimulates secretion of estrogens/porgesterone/ovulation in females and testes ot make sperm in males

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prolactin (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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Anterior pituitary, goes to glandular cells of mammary glands, promotes milk production

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adrenocorticotropic hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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anterior pituitary, goes to suprarenal cortex, stimulates secretion of glucocorticoids

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melanocyte-stimulating hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do

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anterior pituitary, goes to brain, may influence brain activity and darken skin in large amounts

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posterior pituitary hormones (2)

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oxytocin
antidiuretic hormone

not produced here, just stored

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oxytocin (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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posterior pituitary, goes to smooth muscle in uterus and mammary glands, stimulates contraction of these muscles during birth / milk ejection

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antidiuretic hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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posterior pituitary, goes to kidneys/sweat glands/arterioles, decreases water loss via urine and sweat, increased BP by contricting arterioles

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histology of thyroid gland (what youd see on a slide)

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large oval sacs - fossicles
T thrombocytes form the walls of the fossicles (cuboidal cells)

between fossicles, there is cuboidal cells called C thrombocytes, located between fossicles

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parathyroid gland histology (what youd see on a slide)

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dense mass of cuboidal cells with lost of capillaries

dense principle and pale principle parathyroid cells cannot be seen on our slides

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26
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goiter

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englarged thyroid gland, fossicles are 2-3x the size

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thyroid gland hormones (2 from difference sources)

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triiodothyronine/thyroxine
calcitonin

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triiodothyronine / thyroxine (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what cells release it)

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thyroid gland, circulates, increases BMR and protien synthesis, released by T thrombocytes in the thyroid

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calcitonin (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what cells release it)

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thyroid gland, circulated, lowers calcium blood levels by inhibiting osteoclasts, released by C thrombocytes in thyroid

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30
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parathyroid hormones (1)

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parthormone or parathyroid hormone

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parathyroid hormone (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what cells release it)

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parathyroid, circulates, increases blood Ca and Mg by increasing osteoclast bone resorption, released from dense principal/pale principal parathyroid cells

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suprarenal cortex

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outer part of the suprarenal glands

formed by glandular epithelium

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suprarenal medulla

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inner part of the suprarenal glands

formed by modified neurons (chromaffin cells)

34
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suprarenal cortex zones (what do each of them secrete)

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outermost - aldosterone
intermediate - cortisol
inner - dehydroepiandosterone

35
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chromaffin cells

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neurons that have no axons clustered around blood vessels

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histology of suprarenal glands (what youd see on a slide)

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in cortex - cells form strings

medulla - large, lighter stained cells

37
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suprarenal cortex hormones (3)

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aldosterone
cortisol
dehydroepiandrosterone

38
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aldosterone (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what hormone category does it belong to)

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suprarenal cortex, circulates, increases Na and water in blood/decreases K, part of mineralocorticoids category

39
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cortisol (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what hormone category does it belong to)

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suprarenal cortex, circulates, increases protein breakdown/depresses immune response, belongs to glucocorticoids category

40
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dehydroepiandrosterone (released by, where does it go, what does it do, what hormone category does it belong to)

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suprarenal cortex, circulates, stimulates early growth of pubic hair and in females contributes to libido and estrogens, part of the androgens category

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suprarenal medulla hormones (2)

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NE and E

42
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norepinephrine and epinephrine (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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suprarenal medulla, circulates, enhances effects of sympathetic NS during stress

43
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pancreas location

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in duodenum

44
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pancreatic acini

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exocrine

darker purple stained pizza things

45
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pancreatic islets

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endocrine

responsible for insulin and glucagon production

lighter stained parts

46
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histology of pancrease (what youd see in a slide)

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mainly darker clusters (acini)
few lighter clusters (islets)

47
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pancreas hormones/substances produced (3)

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digestive enzymes and buffers
glucacon
insulin

48
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digestive enzymes and buffers (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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pacreatic acini, flows into digestive canal, helps with digestion

49
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glucagon (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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alpha cells of pancreatic islets, into blood, raises blood glucose

50
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insulin (released by, where does it go, what does it do)

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beta cells of pancreatic islets, into blood, lowers blood glucose by coverting glucose to glycogen q

51
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gonads

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gamete producing organs of the reproductive system

52
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two structures in ovary that produce hormones

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corpus luteum and granulosa cells

53
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ovary hromones

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progesterone
estrogen
inhibin
relaxin

54
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testes hormones

A

inhibin
testosterone

55
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structures in teh testes that produce hormones

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nurse cells (in seminiferous tubules)
interstitial endocrine cells

56
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histology of ovaries (what youd see in a slide)

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many follicles can be seen
looks pretty cosmic

57
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follicle development (cycle)

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primordial follicles
- contain immature oocytes

become primary follicles after FSH
- now have cuboidal epi surrounding it called follicular cells

granulosa cells
- more mature primary follicles after FSH
- layer of fluid between epi layers

tertiary ovarian follicle
- ruptures after LH surge

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estrogens/progesterone (released by, cell released by, what does it do)

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ovaries, granulosa cells/corpus luteum, regulates female reporduction cycle, prepares mammary glands, promotes developmetn of female sex organs

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inhibin (released by, cell released by, what does it do)

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ovaries and testes, granulosa cells and corpus luteum in females/ nurse cells in males, inhibited secretion of FSH from anterior pituitary

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relaxin (released by, cell released by, what does it do)

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ovaries, corpus lutuem, increased flexibility of pubic symphysis and helps dilate cervix during labor

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testosterone (released by, cell released by, what does it do)

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testes, interstitial endocrine cells, sitmualtes descent of testes before birth, regulates sprerm fucntion and developmetn of male sex features

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pineal gland location

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posterior part of epithalamus

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pineal gland hormones (1)

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melatonin

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melatonin (released by, what does it do)

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pineal gland, conributes to setting body clock, sleep wake cycle

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thymus location

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anterior to heart, in mediastinum

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thhymus hromones (4)

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thymosin
thymic humoral factor
thymic factor
thymopoietin

67
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histology of thymus (what youd seee in a aslide)

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darker stained lobules seperated by pink CT
very densly packed at high magnification

68
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thymosin, thymic factor, thymic humoral factor, thymopoietin (released by, what does it do)

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thymus, promote maturation of T cells

69
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disorders of anterior pituitary

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hypo and hyper secretion of hGH lead to
pituitary dwarfism/giantism

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disorders of posterior pituitary

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hypo secretion of ADH leads to diabetes insipidus

71
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disorders of thyroid gland (2)

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hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism leads ot myxedema

lack of iodine leads to goiter

72
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disorders of pancreas

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inability to produce insulin because immunce cells destory beta cells leads to diabetes mellitus

73
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paracrine

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when local hromones act on nearby cells

74
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autocrine

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when hormones act on the releasing cell

75
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holocrine

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whole cell is destroyed in secretion

76
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apocrine

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part of the cell breaks off to secrete products