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Chapter 19 - Endocrine System Flashcards

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How does the endocrine system regulate homeostasis?

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  • Slow and prolonged responses

- Acute = nervous system

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General characteristics of the the endocrine system

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  1. Chronic regulation of homeostasis

2. Interrelated with nervous system

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How is the endocrine system interrelated with the nervous system?

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By the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary

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What kind of system is the endocrine system?

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Ductless system

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Why is the endocrine system a ductless system?

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  • Hormones produced by specialized cells

- Carried in blood stream

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Substances synthesized by a specific organ or tissue and then secreted

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Hormones

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When hormones are secreted into extracellular space

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Paracrine signaling

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Blood carries hormones to other sites

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Endocrine signaling

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How do hormones act on target cells?

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Have specific receptors for specific hormones

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Categories of the chemistry of hormones with meanings

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  1. Steroids - made from cholesterol, non-polar
  2. Peptides - polar
  3. Amines - derived form amino acids, polar and non-polar
  4. Eicosanoids - most are non-polar, paracrine signals (prostaglandins)
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What are steroid hormones?

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  • Lipid soluble therefore can cross cell membranes

- Transduction –> regulation of DNA transcription

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Examples of steroid hormones

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  • Estrogens like estradiol
  • Androgens like testosterone
  • Aldosterone
  • Cortisol
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Where are amine hormones derived from?

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Tyrosine and tryptophan

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Amine hormones are both ___ and _____

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Membrane soluble (thyroxine)
Some are not membrane soluble (epinephrine)
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Most important amine hormones are made by what?

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  • Thyroid

- Adrenal medulla

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What are peptide hormones?

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  • Short chains of amino acids

- Cannot cross cell membrane

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Peptide hormones compose what?

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All pituitary hormones

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What are Eicosanoids derived from what?

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Derived from fatty acids

- Most cross cell membranes

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Where do eicosanoids coordinate functions?

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In extracellular fluid (ex - prostaglandins)

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Process of negative feedback

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  1. Gland is sensitive to concentration of substance
  2. Concentration exceeds limits –> prevents gland from secreting hormone
  3. Concentration decreases –> secretion increases
  4. Results in relatively stable concentration of both substance and hormone
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Patrick promises to never ever wear __________ again

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women’s pajamas

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when cooking with Janelle Lynn, this person commonly makes a mess; however, he makes sure to clean it up

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who is Patrick Carbary

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Where does the hypothalamus send signals?

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To the body and the pituitary gland

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Most important endocrine gland for regulation

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Pituitary gland

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The pituitary gland is really ____
Two separate glands and its developmental origins are key to function
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Two lobes of the pituitary glands
Posterior | Anterior
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What is the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland of the hypothalamas?
- Does not make any hormones | - Mostly hypothalamamic axons
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What is the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?
- 5 types of endocrine cells | - Controlled by hypothalamic regulatory hormones
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What are the regulatory hormones?
Releasing hormones | Inhibiting hormones
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What are the two posterior pituitary hormones?
- Oxytocin | - Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
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Four functions of oxytocin?
- Causes contraction of muscles in uterine walls - Causes muscles associated with milk ejection to contract - Cause contraction of prostrate gland - Significant in emotional bonding (familial and romantic)
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What are the functions of antidiuretic hormones?
- Causes kidney to decrease water excretion | - Increases blood volume --> rise in BP
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Anterior pituitary hormones
- Melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) - Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) - Luteinizing hormone (LH) - Growth hormones - Thyroid stimulating hormone - Prolactin - Adrenocorticotropic hormone
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Increase melanin secretion
Melanocyte stimulating hormone
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What do follicle stimulating hormones do?
- Testes to produce sperm - Follicular development in ovary - Stimulate secretion of estrogen
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What do luteinizing hormones do?
- Promotes secretion of sex hormones | - Release of oocyte
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What do growth hormones do?
- increase size and rate of reproduction of body cells - targets muscles and bones --> mobilized fat and glucose - enhances movement of amino acids through membranes - secreted throughout life, increase at puberty
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Controls secretion of thyroid hormone
Thyroid stimulating hormone
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What does the prolactin hormone do?
- targets mammary tissue | - milk production/secretion
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Stimulates adrenal cortex to produce corticosteroids
Adrenocortiotropic hormones
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What makes the thyroid gland?
- Two lobes + isthmus
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Where is the thyroid gland?
Inferior to larynx
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Cells in the thyroid gland
- Follicular cells | - Parafollicular cells
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Produce calcitonin
Parafollicular cells
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What do follicular cells do?
- Line follicle cavities (filled with thyroglogulin colloid) - Remove Iodine from blood - Secrete T3 and T4
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Thyroid hormones
Follicular cells = thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) | Parafollicular cells = calcitonin
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What does thyroxine (T4) do?
Increase glycogenolysis, protein synthesis, growth
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What does Triiodothyronine do?
Same as T4 by 5x more potent
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What does Calcitonin do?
Decrease blood Ca2+ and PO4 | Increase renal secretion and osteoblast activity
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Where is the parathyroid gland?
Posterior surface of the thyroid
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What composes the parathryoid gland?
Many tightly packed secretory cells - Oxyphil and transitional cells = immature - CHIEF CELLS = produce parathyroid hormone
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What do parathyroid hormones do?
Increase Ca2+, osteoclast activity, calcitriol (intestinal Ca2+ absorption) Decrease renal Ca2+ and PO4 excretion
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Where is the thymus?
Thoracic cavity, posterior to sternum
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What does the thymus do?
Produces thymos
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What does thymos do?
- Enhances lymphocyte production and competence | - Most active in infancy and childhood
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Componenets to the adrenal cortex with their meanings
1. Glomerulosa = aldosterone --> Na+ retention 2. Fasciculata = cortisol --> glycogen formation 3. Reticularis = androgens --> secondary sexual characters
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Chromaffin cells which are modified postganglionic cells of the SNS
Adrenal medulla
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What does the adrenal medulla produce?
Epinenphine and norepinephrine
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Hormones in the kidney with meanings
Renin - start cascade to increase blood pressure Erythropoietin (EPO) - erythrocyte production Calcitriol - increase absorption
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Hormones in the heart with their meanings
Atrial natriuretic peptide - supresses aldosterone and ADH and decrease blood volume and blood pressure
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Where is the pancreas and what is its function?
- Posterior to stomach - Attached to duodenum by duct - Exocrine and endocrine function
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The endocrine function of the pancreas
Islets of Langerhans
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Cells with their meanings in the islets of langerhans
Alpha cells - glucagon (increases blood sugar) Beta cells - insulin (decreases blood sugar) Delta cells - somatostatin (inhibits glucagon and insulin secretion, antagonizes GH)
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Two types of cells in male gonads
1. Interstitial cells | 2. Nurse (sertoli) cells
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Interstitial cells do what?
Secrete androgens --> produce testosterone
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What does testosterone do?
- Stimulate nurse cells | - Secondary sex characteristics
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What do nurse cells do?
Secrete inhibin
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What does inhibin do?
- Decrease FSH from anterior pituitary | - Stimulate spermatogenesis
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Two components to female gonads
1. Follicles --> pre-ovulation | 2. Corput luteum --> postovulation
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Female hormones produced in pre-ovulation with their meanings
Estrogens - maturation of oocyte, endometrial development | Inhibin - decrease FSH from anterior pituitary
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Female hormones produced in post-ovulation with their meanings
Estrogen - same as pre-ovulation | Progesterone - prepares body for pregnancy
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Pineacytes in epithalamus
Pineal gland
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What does the pineal gland do?
Produces melatonin which is in charge of circadian rythyms and possibly puberty
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