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Define paracrine communication and the chemical involved

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Messaging between cells through paracrines within a single tissue

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Define Autocrine communication and the chemical involved

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When chemical messages (autocrines) are received by the same cells that sent them

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Prostoglandins are examples of what?

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Autocrines

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__1__ communication occurs when the endocrine system uses chemical messengers called __2__ to relay information between cells via the __3__.

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Endocrine Communication
Hormones
Bloodstream

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Specific cells that bind and receive hormonal messages

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Target cells

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How do hormones alter the operations of their target cells?

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By altering the quantity or type of enzymes or structural proteins in target cells.

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How do hormones alter the target cells themselves? (2)

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By altering the biochemical properties or physical structure.

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Define synaptic communication

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Neurons release a neurotransmitter through a synapse close to target cells with appropriate receptors.

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What allows the messages of the nervous system to travel so quickly?

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Because action potentials travel through axons, a physical pathway;.

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Through what medium does paracrine communication take place?

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Extracellular fluid

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Through what medium does autocrine communication take place?

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Extracellular fluid

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Through what medium does direct communication take place?

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Gap Junctions

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Through what medium does synaptic communication take place?

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Across synapses

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What are the chemical mediators of direct communication?

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Ions, small solutes and lipid soluble materials.

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Compared to the endocrine system, commands from the nervous system are __1__ and __2__?

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Specific

Short lived

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What 4 things do the nervous and endocrine system have in common?

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Release chemicals that bind to specific receptors
Share some chemical receptors
Regulated by negative feedback mechanisms
Preserve homeostasis

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What are the 5 main processes affected by hormones? (5)

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Growth
Reproductive capability
Cell metabolism and energy balance
Fluid and nutrient balance
Mobilize body defenses
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What are endocrine cells? Where do they release fluids?

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Glandular secretory cells that release secretions into extracellular fluid

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How are exocrine cells different from endocrine cells?

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They release secretions onto epithelial surfaces by way of ducts

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What are the 3 classes of hormones?

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Amino Acid derivatives
Peptide hormones
Lipid derivatives

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What is another word for an amino acid derivative?

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Biogenic amines

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Amino Acid derivatives are synthesized from the __1__, __2___ and __3__.

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Amino acids
Tyrosine
Tryptophan

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What hormones are made from tyrosine? (4)

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Thyroid hormones
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine

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What are Catechelomines?

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Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine

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What is the primary hormone of tryptophan?
Melatonin
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What are the 2 types of lipid derived hormones?
Eicosanoids | Steroid hormones
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What category of hormone includes prostoglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxines and prostacyclins?
Eicosanoids
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Steroid hormones are structurally similar to what?
Cholesterol
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Where are hormones typically released?
Areas abundant with capillaries
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How long does a circulating hormone remain functional?
Between 2 minutes and 1 hour
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When hormones bind to specific receptors they can alter cellular activity in what 3 ways?
genetic activity rate of protein synthesis cell membrane permeability
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Most peptide hormones are synthesized as ______.
Prohormones
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Define pro hormones
Inactive molecules that are converted into active hormones before or after being secreted
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What are 2 types of peptide hormones?
Glycoproteins | Short poly-petides / small proteins
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A protein molecule to which a hormone can bind strongly
Hormone receptor
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Define down-regulation
When the presence of a hormone triggers a decrease in the number of receptors for that hormone
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Define up-regulation
When the relative absence of a hormone triggers an increase in the number of receptors for that hormone
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Where are the two places hormone receptors are located and what are they called?
On the plasma membrane / extracellular receptors | In the target cells / intracellular receptors
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Which hormones require extracellular receptors (2) Why?
Catecholamines Peptide hormones They are not lipid soluble.
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What is a first messenger?
A hormone that binds to an extracellular receptor
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What is a second receptor?
An intermediary molecule that appears during a hormone-receptor interaction
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What is amplification? What might it trigger?
The appearance of many secondary receptors during hormone reception. Receptor cascade
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An enzyme complex coupled to a membrane receptor
G protein
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What can trigger the opening of calcium ion channels in cell membranes or the release of calcium ions from intracellular compartments?
G protein
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What two types of hormones most target intracellular receptors?
Steroid hormones | Thyroid hormones
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Which hormones can diffuse across the plasma membrane? What does this allow them to do?
Steroid hormones | Alter the DNA in the nucleus of a cell
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How do thyroid hormones cross the plasma membrane?
Through transport mechanisms
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Which hormones can affect the DNA of mitochondria? What might it do there?
Thyroid hormones | Alter rate of ATP production
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What feedback mechanism controls hormone regulation?
Negative feedback
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What 3 types of stimuli can trigger hormone production? (3)
Humoral Hormonal Neural
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Humoral stimuli affect hormone secretions in what regions of the body? (4)
Heart Pancreas Parathyroid Glands Digestive Tract
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What hormone stimulates glucose uptake and usage?
Insulin duh
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What region of the body is triggered by neural stimuli?
The hypothalamus
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What region provides the highest level of endocrine control?
The hypothalamus
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Define humoral stimuli
Changes in the composition of extracellular fluid
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The pituitary gland releases __1__ total hormones. __2__ are from the anterior, and __3__ from the posterior.
9 7 2
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The hypothalamus is inferior to the __1__ and superior to the __2__.
Thalamus | Pituitary gland
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The slender, funnel like structure attached to the hypothalamus
The infundibulum
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Alternate name for the pituitary gland
Hypophysis
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The pituitary gland is nestled in the __1__, a depression in the __2__.
Sella turcica | Sphenoid Bone
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What is the function of the seller diaphragm?
To encircle the infundibulum, holding the pituitary in place.
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The __1__ isolates the pituitary gland from the __2__.
Sellar diaphragm | Cranial cavity
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What organ regulates the functions of the pituitary gland?
The hypothalamus
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What hormones does the posterior pituitary gland release?
ADH | Oxytocin
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What are the hormones released by the hypothalamus called? Where and what do they affect?
Regulatory hormones | Secretory functions of the endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary
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The hypothalamus exerts direct neural control over the endocrine cells where?
In the adrenal medulla
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What happens when the sympathetic nervous system is activated?
The adrenal medulla releases epinephrine and norepinephrine into the bloodstream
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What is an alternate name for the anterior pituitary?
The adenohypophysis
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What are the 3 regions of the adenohypophysis?
Pars distalis Pars tuberalis Pars intermedia
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Which part of the anterior pituitary is the largest and most anterior?
Pars distalis
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Which part of the anterior pituitary wraps around the posterior pituitary?
Pars intermedia
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Name the network of vessels in the pituitary gland
Hypophyseal Portal System
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Hormones of the anterior pituitary that “turn on” endocrine cells in other organs
Tropic hormones
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“Thyroid Stimulating Hormone”
Adenocorticotropic hormone
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Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are examples of what?
Gonadotropin hormones
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What 6 hormones are produced by the pars distalis?
``` Adenocorticotropic Hormone Thyroid stimulating hormone FSH LH Prolactin Growth hormone ```
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Alternate name for adenocorticotropic hormone?
Cortico hormone
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Alternate name for growth hormone?
Somatotropin
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Alternate name for Thyroid stimulating hormone?
Thyrotropin
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Adenocortico hormones trigger release of __1__ in the __2__, producing __3__.
Steroid hormones Adrenal cortex Glucocorticoids
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What does FSH stimulate in women? (2)
``` Growth of (ovarian) follicles In combination with LH, Estradiol ```
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What does FSH stimulate in men?
Nurse cells
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What does LH stimulate in women? (2)
Ovulation | The production of progesterone
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What does LH stimulate in men?
Androgen production by intersistial endocrine cells
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What is hypogonadism and what is its outcome?
A lack of gonadotropins inhibit the production of sperm or oocytes
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What is the function of prolactin (PRL)?
Stimulate mammary gland growth in women.
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What neurotransmitter inhibits PRL?
Dopamine
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What are somatomedins and what do they do?
Growth factors produced by the liver that stimulate the uptake of amino acids by skeletal muscles and chondrocytes for protein synthesis.
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What is the affect of GH on epithelial and connective tissue cells?
Stem cells divide and produce daughter cells
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What is the affect of GH on adipose tissue? Make sure to include the specific name for this process.
Triggers the "glucose sparing affect", by breaking stored triglycerides into fatty acids that enter the blood stream to generate ATP
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What is the affect of GH on the liver?
Breakdown of glycogen stores (associated with diabetogenic affect)
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What stimulates the release of melanocyte stimulation hormone?
Pars intermedia
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What is caused by melanocyte stimulation hormone?
Localized skin pigmentation, but mostly not in people
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For whom is melanocyte stimulation hormone most active? (3)
Young children Pregnant women Diseased people
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Alternate name for the posterior pituitary gland
Neurohypophysis
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The posterior pituitary gland contains __1__ of the neurons of the __2__ and the __3__ nuclei.
Axons Supra optic Paraventricular
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The neurohypophysis does NOT have
A portal system
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The second messenger of OXT and ADH
cAMP
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Alternate name for ADH
Vasopressin
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What does OXT stimulate in women? (2)
1. Contractions of the myometrium during labor | 2. Ejection of milk
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A consequence of inadequate ADH release
Diabetes insipidus
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Connects the two lobes of the thyroid gland
Isthmus
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The thyroid gland contains large numbers of __1__ which are shaped like __2__ and lined with __3__ epithelium.
1. Thyroid follicles 2. Hollow spheres 3. Simple cuboidal
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Endocrine cells of the thyroid
C (clear) cells or follicular cells
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Functions of Epinephrine and norepinephrine?
They are the flight/fight hormones that are released when the body is under extreme stress
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What hormones are secreted by the thyroid + abbreviations? (2)
1. thyroxine (t4) | 2. triiodothyronine (t3)
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What is Thyrotoxicosis and what is a symptom?
1. Excess thyroid hormone in the body | 2. bulging eyes
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What is goiter?
Enlargement of the thyroid gland
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What causes goiter?
Iodine deficiency
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Hormones of the suprarenal or adrenal glands? (2)
1. Epinepherine | 2. Norepinepherine
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What is cortisol (type and class) and what produces it?
Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones it is produced by the adrenal cortex.
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What is the function of cortisol? (6)
Cortisol can help control: 1. blood sugar levels 2. regulate metabolism 3. reduce inflammation, 4. assist with memory formulation. 5. It has a controlling effect on salt and water balance 6. helps control blood pressure
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What produces glucagon (be specific)
alpha cells of the pancreas
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What organ produces insulin?
the pancreas
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What produces aldosterone?
the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland
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What produces hormones but are not considered endocrine glands? (2)
1. Heart | 2. Intestines
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Where does ADH do its jobs?
Distal Convoluted Tubule of the kidney
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What is albinism a symptom of?
Lack of MSH (melanocyte stimulating hormone)
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The hypothalamus is a part of what two systems?
The nervous system and the endocrine system

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