Week 7: Endocrine Feedback Loops Flashcards
Describe hypothalamic and metabolic homeostasis
ACTH AKA
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone
GH AKA
growth hormone
or
STH (Somatotropic Hormone)
TSH AKA
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Prl AKA
Prolactin
LH AKA
Luteinizing hormone
OT AKA
Oxytocin
AVP
Arginine Vasopressin
Posterior pituitary secretions and functions
- OT (Parturition & Lactation)
- AVP (Water balance)
Anterior pituitary secretions and functions
6 listed
- ACTH (response to stress)
- GH (Growth & development)
- TSH (Metabolism)
- Prl (Lactation)
- LH (Reproducion)
- FSH (Reproduction)
Describe all Anterior & Posterior Pituitary secretions and functions
Describe hypothalamic control of pituitary function
List of pituitary disorders
- Hypopituitarism
- Hormone-producing Pituitary adenomas
- Growth Hormone Insensitivity
Case discussion question
B Pituitary adenoma
can cause secretory dysfunction of the pituitary gland
Hypopituitarism Pathophysiology/etiology
Ischemic damage to the pituitary gland or hypothalamic pituitary stalk during the peripartum period leads to Sheehan syndrome
What is Sheehan Syndrome?
Hypopituitarism
Ischemic damage to the pituitary gland or hypothalamic pituitary stalk during the peripartum period leads to Sheehan syndrome
Hypopituitarism Clinical Manifestations
5 listed
- hypothyroidism
- adrenal insufficiency
- hypogonadism
- GH deficiency
- Hypoprolactinemia
Hormone-producing Pituitary adenomas epidemiology
5 listed
- Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary tumors (40-45%)
- Somatotroph adenoma (20%)
- Corticotroph adenomas (10-12%)
- Gonadotroph adenomas (15%)
- Thyotroph adenomas (1-2%)
Etiology of GH Insensitivity
Growth failure can be the result of decreased GH release, decreased GH action or GH Insensitivity Syndrome
GH Insensitivity Syndrome AKA
Laron Syndrome
Laron Syndrome AKA
GH Insensitivity Syndrome
Describe the Hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis
Describe the biosynthesis of thyroid hormones
Thyroid hormone structure
Thyroid hormones are basically 2 tyrosines linked together with the critical addition of iodine at three (T3) or four (T4) positions on the aromatic rings