Pituitary endocrinology

Question 1

How does the anterior pituitary receive blood?

Answer 1

the anterior pituitary receives blood through portal venous circulation from the hypothalamus

Question 2

What does TSH stand for?

Answer 2

thyroid stimulating hormone

Question 3

What does FSH stand for?

Answer 3

follicle stimulating hormone

Question 4

What does LH stand for?

Answer 4

luteinising hormone

Question 5

What does ACTH stand for?

Answer 5

adrenocorticotrophic hormone

Question 6

What 6 major hormones does the anterior pituitary produce?

Answer 6

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FSH
LH
ACTH
GH
TSH
melanOcyte stimulating hormone 
Prolactin

Question 7

Which part of the pituitary stores and releases ADH?

Answer 7

posterior pituitary

Question 8

Which part of the pituitary stores and releases oxytocin?

Answer 8

posterior pituitary

Question 9

What hormones does the posterior pituitary store and release?

Answer 9

ADH

Oxytocin

Question 10

What part of the pituitary produces FSH?

Answer 10

anterior pituitary

Question 11

Which part of the pituitary produces its own hormones?

Answer 11

the anterior pituitary

Question 12

Which part of the pituitary stores and releases hormones made by the hypothalamus?

Answer 12

the posterior pituitary

Question 13

What is the releasing hormone for thyroid stimulating hormone?

Answer 13

thyrotropin releasing hormone

Question 14

What is the relessing hormone for adrenocorticotropic hormone?

Answer 14

corticotropin releasing hormone

Question 15

What is the releasing hormone for FSH?

Answer 15

gonadotropin releasing hormone

Question 16

What is the releasing hormone for LH?

Answer 16

gonadotropin releasing hormone

Question 17

What is the releasing hormone for growth hormone?

Answer 17

growth hormone releasing hormone

Question 18

What is the releasing hormone for prolactin?

Answer 18

dopamine(inhibitory)

Question 19

What does the HPA axis stand for?

Answer 19

the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal gland axis

Question 20

Which layer of the adrenal cortex is responsible for the secretion of cortisol?

Answer 20

the zona fasciculata

Question 21

In the HPA axis, what is released by the hypothslamus?

Answer 21

corticotropin releasing hormone

Question 22

In the HPA axis, what stimulates the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone from the anterior pituitary?

Answer 22

corticotropin releasing hormone

Question 23

ACTH causes the release of what from the adrenal glands in the HPA axis?

Answer 23

cortisol

Question 24

Describe the negative feedback in the HPA axis

Answer 24

cortisol inhibits hypothalamus and anterior pituitary

Question 25

What is CBG?

Answer 25

cortisol binding globulin

Question 26

What does thyrotropin releasing hormone cause to be released from the anterior pituitary?

Answer 26

thyroid stimulating hormone

Question 27

Which hormone does thyroid stimulating hormone cause to be released by the thyroid?

Answer 27

thyroxine

Question 28

Theca interna cells have receptors for which hormone?

Answer 28

LH

Question 29

What cell does FSH stimulate in the female HPG axis?

Answer 29

granulosa cells

Question 30

Which hormone acts upon theca interna cells in the female HPG axis?

Answer 30

LH

Question 31

What does LH stimulate in the female HPG axis?

Answer 31

sex hormone secretion (eostrogen and progesterone)

Question 32

Which hormone stimulates the development of follicles in the female HPG axis?

Answer 32

FSH

Question 33

In the male HPG axis, what cell type does LH stimulate?

Answer 33

Leydig cells

Question 34

What do leydig cells produce?

Answer 34

testosterone

Question 35

What does FSH stimulate in the male HPG axis?

Answer 35

sertoli cells

Question 36

Which hormone do you see a dramatic increase in during pregnancy and breast feeding?

Answer 36

prolactin