Things to remember Flashcards
What are the endocrine glands in the body
Pineal Thyroid Adrenal Parathyroid Testes Ovaries Pancreas Heart Liver Hypothalamus Pituitary (anterior and posterior) Kidney Stomach and small intestine Thymus Placenta
What is the largest peptide hormone
Follice stimulating hormone (glycoprotein)
What is the smallest peptide hormone
Thyrotropin
What are amine hormones made up of
Tyrosine and tryptophan
Melanin is only made out of what AA
Tryptophan
What are the catecholamines
Dopamine
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
What organs produce steroid hormones
Gonads
Placenta
Kidney
Adrenal Cortex
What is the infundibulum
stalk connecting hypothalamus to pituitary
What type of hormone are the hormones released from the posterior pituitary?
Non-trophic and peptide hormones
What are the trophic hormones released from the hypothalamus
Prolactin releasing hormone
Prolactin inhibiting hormones (dopamine)
Gonadotrophin releasing hormone
Growth hormone releasing hormone
Growth hormone inhibiting hormone (somatostatin)
Corticotropin releasing hormone
Thyrotropin releasing hormone
What is the capillary network called that transports the hormones from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary
Hypothalamic-hypophyseal portal system (two capillary beds in series)
What is the only non-trophic hormone released from the anterior pituitary
Prolactin (it acts directly on the breast)
What is a permissive effect
The presence of one hormone enhances the effect of another
impaired glucose tolerance range in intermediate diabetes
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