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Overview and hypophysis (pituitary) 1

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show ductless  
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hormones are transported via ____ and the ____ system.   show
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show 1. steroid 2. small peptides, proteins, and glycoproteins 3. amino acid analogues and derivatives including catecholamines (norepinephrine and epinephrine)  
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show cholesterol  
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steroid hormones are synthesized and secreted by cells of the what?   show
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show hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, enteroendocrine  
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amino acid derivative hormones are synthesized and secreted by what?   show
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show IODINATED AMINO ACIDS  
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show 1. cell surface receptors 2. intracellular receptors  
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what do cell surface receptors interact with?   show
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what does the activation of cell surface receptors generate?   show
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show membrane-associated G proteins  
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What is the adenylate cyclase/cAMP system for?   show
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tyrosine kinase is a system for what?   show
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phosphatidyl inositol is a system for what hormones?   show
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show ANTAGONISTIC SYSTEM FOR ACTION OF cAMP in some protein hormones  
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show cell metabolism  
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show cAMP, 1,2 diacylglycerol (DAG), inositol triposphate (IP3), and calcium  
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What is an inhibitory second messenger and what does it interfere with?   show
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show metabolism, hormone-specific  
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show mainly in nucleus  
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show steroid hormones and thyroid hormones because both can easily pass through cell membrane  
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show 1. hormone binding region 2. dna binding region 3. amino-terminal region  
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show steroid hormones and thyroid hormones... NO SECOND MESSENGER REQUIRED  
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binding of intracellular receptors causes allosteric transformation of receptor to form that binds chr. dna and activates rna polymerase. this causes...   show
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what is the largest collection of endocrine cells in the body   show
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show autocrine, paracrine, adjacent epithelial cells  
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_____ gland and _____ gland are MORPHOLOGICALLY and FUNCTIONALLY linked in ENDOCRINE and NEUROENDOCRINE control of other endocrine organs.   show
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what are the master organs of the endocrine system?   show
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show multiparous women (who have given birth 2 or more times)  
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where does the pituitary gland reside?   show
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how is the pituitary connected to the hypothalamus?   show
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show 1. anterior lobe (adenohypophysis) 2. posterior lobe (neurohypophysis)  
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What does the anterior lobe of the pituitary develop from?   show
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What are the derivatives of Rathke's pouch? **   show
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show neural secretory tissue from diencephalon  
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What are the 2 parts of the posterior lobe of the pituitary?   show
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show 1. superior hypophyseal arteries supply pars tuberalis, median eminence, and infundibulum (from internal carotid and circle of willis) 2. Inferior hypophyseal arteries primarily supply pars nervosa (from internal carotid arteries)  
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arteries that supply pars tuberalis, median eminence, and infundibulum give rise to _____ capillaries   show
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fenestrated pituitary capillaries drain into portal veins called...   show
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hypophyseal portal veins run along the ____ and give rise to what?   show
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the hypothalamohypophyseal portal system does what?   show
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show CAVERNOUS SINUS  
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show other endocrine glands and some non-endocrine tissues  
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how are the cells of the anterior pituitary lobe arranged?   show
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Growth Hormone (GH)   show
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Prolactin (PRL)   show
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show maintains structure and stimulates hormone secretion from adrenal cortex  
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show follicle development in ovary, spermatogenesis in testes  
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Luteinizing hormone (LH)   show
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show stimulates growth of thyroid gland and release of thyroid hormones  
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What are the tropic hormones of the anterior pituitary? Why? **   show
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show GH, PRL... act directly on target organs that are not endocrine glands  
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show BASOPHILS, ACIDOPHILS, CHROMOPHOBES (identified by staining properties... better methods of identification include histochemistry, histophysiologic studies, electron microscopy, and immunocytochemistry  
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show small proteins or glycoproteins  
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show 1. somatotropes (GH cells) 2. Lactotropes (PRL cells) 3. Corticotropes (ACTH) 4. Gonadotropes (FSH, LH) 5. Thyrotropes (TSH)  
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What do somatotropes produce?   show
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show prolactin, INCREASE IN SIZE DURING PREGNANCY  
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show strong reaction with PAS reagent. produce proopiomelanocortin (POMC), which when cleaved fragments into: ACTH, B-LIPOTROPHIC HORMONE, MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE (MSH)*, B-ENDORPHIN, ENKEPHALIN  
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show (basic stains) fsh, lh, may produce both, or one or the other  
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What do thyrotropes produce?   show
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Pars intermedia surrounds what?**   show
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Pars tuberalis cells often show immunoreactivity for what hormones?   show
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