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Exam 6
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Physiology
Undergraduate 2
02/14/2011

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Where are steroid endocrines synthesized from?
Definition
Cholesterol
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Steroid endocrines are lipophobic/lipophilic, polar/nonpolar, and hydrophilic/hydrophobic.
Definition
Lipophilic, nonpolar, and hydrophobic.
Term
What do steroid endocrines often need but not always?
Definition
A binding protein.
Term
Steroid endocrines can do what to DNA.
Definition
Alter its transcription.
Term
What produces steroid endocrines?
Definition
Gonads, adrenal cortex, and the placenta.
Term
True or False: Endocrines are ligands.
Definition
True.
Term
What do hydrophilic endocrines do?
Definition
Activate the second messenger system.
Term
What do hydrophobic endocrines do?
Definition
Activate DNA transcription.
Term
What are some spots for disruption (positive or negative) in the endocrine system?
Definition
Endocrine synthesis/release, recepter expression, and it can alter clearing time, which is the time the ligand is in the pathway, by catabolism and/or excretion.
Term
Regulating endocrine secretion is based on what?
Definition
Concentration of substances in plasma such as ion levels and nutrients, neurotransmitters (ACh stimulates adrenal medulla and hypothalamic neurons receive input from other neurons), and other endocrines which can cause other endocrines to be released(Pituitary endocrines stimulate other glands).
Term
The hypothalamus contains ________ that release ________.
Definition
The hypothalamus contains neurons that release endocrines.
Term
What is referred to as the "Master Gland?"
Definition
Hypothalamus.
Term
What are the two ways to release endocrines to the pituitary glands?
Definition
To the Anterior Pituitary Gland via portal vasculature, and down the axon of hypothalamic neurons to the Posterior Pituitary Gland.
Term
Where is the infundibulum and what does it do?
Definition
It is in the Pituitary Gland and it connects the brain to the Pituitary Gland.
Term
What is also called the Hypothesis?
Definition
The Pituitary Gland.
Term
What secretes hypophysiotropic endocrines and how many are there?
Definition
The anterior pituitary gland. There are seven.
Term
How many endocrines does the posterior pituitary gland secrete?
Definition
Two.
Term
Communication Overview: What are the steps?
Definition
Stress=neural input -> Hypothalamus releases endocrine 1 to cause the APG to release endocrine 2 which goes to a gland that causes the release of endocrine 3 which goes to the effector. Endocrine 3 causes a physiological change and goes back to inhibit the release of endocrines 1 and 2.
Term
What are the benefits of having so many steps for communication?
Definition
There are many opportunities to regulate it (+ or -), and amplification can arise, meaning few endocrine 1 communicating with many endocrine 3.
Term
What are the 5 stimulating hormones in the hypothalamus?
Definition
1. Corticotropin-releasing hormone(CRH)
2. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone(TRH)
3. Growth hormone-releasing hormone(GHRH)
4. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone(GnRH)
5. Prolactin-releasing factor(PRF)
Term
What does the CRH stimulate?
Definition
Adrenocortictropin hormone(ACTH)
Term
What does the GnRH stimulate?
Definition
Luteinizing Hormone(LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH).
Term
What does the TRH stimulate?
Definition
Thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH).
Term
What does the GHRH stimulate?
Definition
Growth hormones(GH)
Term
What does PRF stimulate?
Definition
Prolactin
Term
What are the two inhibiting hormones in the hypothalamus?
Definition
1. Somatostatin(SS)
2. Dopamine(DA)
Term
What does SS inhibit?
Definition
Growth Hormone.
Term
What does DA inhibit?
Definition
Prolactin.
Term
What is the pathway of transmission of the 7 hypophysiotropic endocrines?
Definition
To the APG via portal veins.
Term
Where is ACTH located?
Definition
Adrenal cortex
Term
Where is TSH located?
Definition
Thyroid Gland
Term
Where is GH located?
Definition
Liver plus many other organs and tissues for protein synthesis and carb and fat metabolism.
Term
Where are FSH and LH located?
Definition
Gonads
Term
Where is prolactin located?
Definition
Mammory glands
Term
What do mammary glands do?
Definition
Increase breast tissue and milk production
Term
What is secreted from the gonads?
Definition
Sex hormones
Term
What is secreted from the liver?
Definition
IGF-1(insulin-like growth factor-1)
Term
What is secreted from the thyroid gland?
Definition
T3 and T4
Term
What is secreted from the adrenal cortex?
Definition
Cortisol
Term
What two things come out of the APG but we don't know why or what they are?
Definition
1. Beta-lipotropin
2. Beta-endorphin
Term
What are the two Posterior Pituitary Gland hormones?
Definition
Oxytocin and Vasopressin.
Term
What is the function of oxytocin?
Definition
For lactation and labor contractions. For males if it was missing then it would make it difficult to interact with people.
Term
What is the function of vasopressin?
Definition
It is in the kidneys and blood vessels and is an anti-diuretic hormone(ADH).
Term
Oxytocin and Vasopressin act as _________ in other parts of the brain.
Definition
Neurotransmitters
Term
What is the transmission of oxytocin and vasopressin?
Definition
Extensions of the hypothalamus.
Term
Where is the thyroid gland?
Definition
Below larynx and two lobes straddling trachea.
Term
What is the thyroid gland composed of?
Definition
Follicles
Term
The thyroid gland is edged with what?
Definition
Follicular cells filled with colloid(extracellular)
Term
The thyroid gland is active in what type of individual for what purpose?
Definition
In the fetus and children for neural(brain) development.
Term
What are the two thyroid hormones?
Definition
T3(triiodothronine) and T4(thyroxine)
Term
Where is T4 most abundant?
Definition
In circulation(better traveler)
Term
What thyroid hormone is the most active?
Definition
T3(gets better results)
Term
Where can T3 also be made?
Definition
From T4 in effectors
Term
How are TH produced?
Definition
Follicular cells have receptors for TSH. TSH stimulates T3 and T4 production in colloid. TH inhibit TSH and TRH.
Term
T3 and T4 can be made where?
Definition
Outside the cell
Term
In most TH cells there are what kind of receptors?
Definition
Nuclear receptors
Term
TH stimulate what?
Definition
Metabolic effects.
Term
Metabolic effects generate what?
Definition
Heat(they do equation #2)
Term
TH enhances the use of what?
Definition
Metabolic fuels
Term
TH promotes effects of what?
Definition
Sympathetic nervous system(want more ATP)
Term
TH are important is what kinds of people?
Definition
Children for neural development
Term
The growth hormone effects are accompanied by what?
Definition
Thyroid hormones
Term
What are two types of thyroid disorders?
Definition
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism
Term
Hypothyroidism is what?
Definition
An iodine defficiency. There is no negative feedback from TH. Excess TSH is secreted(overstimulated follicular cells). Result is an enlarged gland called a goiter.
Term
What are some symptoms of hypothyroidism?
Definition
Cold intolerance, increase in weight, fatigue(not getting ATPs)
Term
What is hyperthyroidism?
Definition
AKA Grave's disease, antibodies activate TSH receptors(act as agonists) which increases TH production. Negative feedback is not effective and an enlarged gland called a goiter is the result.
Term
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism?
Definition
Heat intolerance, decrease in weight, increase in sympathetic nervous system activity(more active)
Term
Where is the adrenal cortex located?
Definition
Just above the kidney
Term
The adrenal cortex produces what?
Definition
Corticosteroids
Term
What does the adrenal cortex do to stress?
Definition
It mediates, or shows, stress which is when your body thinks there is no food available)
Term
The metabolic endocrine for stress is located where and does what?
Definition
Liver. It increase glucose fertilization and breaks down fat and protein....then the bone!
Term
Stress can deteriorate what?
Definition
Bone
Term
Stress increases what?
Definition
Smooth muscles responsive to epi and norepi.
Term
Stress and anti-inflammatory meaning what?
Definition
It inhibits immune responses so immune system can't do its job.
Term
Stress causes negative feedback on what?
Definition
Growth and reproduction
Term
Disorders in the adrenal gland consist of a lack of what?
Definition
Cortisol
Term
No cortisol mean what?
Definition
Dead within days!
Term
What does it mean when you have an adrenal insufficiency and what is it also known as?
Definition
You are weak, low levels of glucose, and low blood pressure. The is also known as Addison's Syndrome.
Term
What is Cushing's Syndrome?
Definition
You have too much cortisol. It decreases bone strength, increases glucose levels and blood pressure and obesity, and decreases immune responses.
Term
What does somatic growth require?
Definition
Protein synthesis for cell division
Term
Height is determined by the growth of what?
Definition
The growth of your bones.
Term
Explain the growth of your bones.
Definition
New cells are being added to the epiphyseal plates on the ends of your bones.
Term
What fuses the cells to your epiphyseal plates?
Definition
Steroids
Term
The growth of other tissues during somatic growth is based on what?
Definition
Cell proliferation via mitosis.
Term
The GH is secreted from what and is regulated by what?
Definition
APG. It is regulated by SS and GHRH(it is highest during development)
Term
The primary action of endocrine's control of growth is what?
Definition
Stimulation of IGF-1.
Term
IGF-1 is from what two things?
Definition
Liver and bones.
Term
True or False: Stimulation of IGF-1 causes cell proliferation.
Definition
True
Term
IGF-1 stimulates what and mobilizes what?
Definition
Muscle development and it mobilizes nutrients.
Term
TH is need for what kind of synthesis?
Definition
GH synthesis
Term
Cortisol can inhibit what?
Definition
Growth(inhibits GH secretion -> opposes effects of GH in tissues)
Term
What two things can help promote growth in the endocrine system?
Definition
Insulin and Sex steroids(stimulate secretion of GH and IGF-1)
Term
Testosterone is metabolic or anabolic?
Definition
Anabolic
Term
What are the three systems involved in Calcium homeostasis?
Definition
Bone, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract.
Term
Bones contain how much of the body's calcium and what is constant?
Definition
99%. Remodeling is constant. Putting stress on bones doesn't take energy from those bones but others.
Term
What does the kidney filter?
Definition
Plasma
Term
Kidneys regulate what?
Definition
Calcium excretion
Term
The gastrointestinal tract is the site for what?
Definition
Calcium absorption from diet
Term
What are two major endocrines?
Definition
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D(AKA calitriol)
Term
The PTH is produced by what and what do they have?
Definition
Parathyroid glands which have receptors for Calcium
Term
The receptors for Calcium in the parathyroid glands decrease what?
Definition
Concentration of Calcium in the plasma which increases PTH
Term
The PTH acts to do what to plasma and for what purpose?
Definition
Increase Calcium concentration in plasma for bone reabsorption, retention by kidneys(causing them to keep Calcium and excrete less to urine), and causing kidneys to make Vitamin D
Term
How is Vitamin D synthesized?
Definition
By UV radiation of a precursor molecule in the skin.
Term
Vitamin D is converted to its active for where?
Definition
Kidneys and Liver(kidney conversion due to PTH)
Term
Active Vitamin D stimulates what?
Definition
Intestinal absorption of Calcium
Term
What kind of Vitamin D can be ingested?
Definition
Synthetic Vitamin D
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