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19 Cards in this Set
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a significant rise in ESTROGEN concentration INHIBITS ? and STIMULATES ?
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Prolactin Inhibitor Factor
(PIF) promote PROLACTIN |
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Suckling causes an INCREASE SECRETION of what hormone?
NEUROENDOCRINE REFLEX |
Prolactin
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What hormones will INCREASE Prolactin secretion?
(PET) |
P E T
progesterone estrogen testosterone |
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How does SLEEPING affect PROLACTIN levels?
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Increases Prolactin secretion
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In the NEUROENDOCRINE REFLEX for Prolactin secretion....
what does the Hypothalamus secrete to release PROLACTIN from the anterior pituitary? |
VIP secretion
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Prolactin is essential for the maintenance of LACTATION in conjunction with ?
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CORTISOL
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What treatment could be given to a patient suffering from Galactorrhea?
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Dopamine D2 Agonists
Ergot Alkaloids |
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Prolactin may have an effect on ovaries and controlling ? secretion
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progesterone secretions
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What are the Mammogenic hormones responsible for Lobuloalvolar Growth?
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Estrogen
GH Cortisol Prolactin |
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What are the Mammogenic hormones that are responsible for DUCTAL GROWTH?
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Estrogen
GH Cortisol Relaxin |
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What are the LACTOGENIC hormones (promote initiation of milk production by alveolar cells) ?
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Prolactin
hPL cortisol insulin thyroid hormones withdrawal of progesterone and estrogen |
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What are the Galactokinetic Hormones?
(promote contraction of myoepithelial cells and thus milk ejection) |
Oxytocin
Vasopressin |
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What are the Galactopoetic hormones?
(Maintains milk production after it has been established) |
Prolactin
Cortisol plays a permissive role |
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With each incidence of nursing --describe the change in prolactin secretion
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A SPIKE in PROLACTIN secretion that serves to prime the mammary gland for the next feeding
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Oxytocin causes contraction of an estrogen-primed uterus
This effect is INHIBITED by ? |
Progesterone
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? hastens expulsion of the fetus and protects against hemorrhage after expulsion of the placenta.
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Oxytocin
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True or False
Oxytocin causes contraction of myoepithelial cells surrounding mammary acini and release of milk into nipple. NEUROENDOCRINE REFLEX |
True
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The milk "let-down" reflex from oxytocin can be blocked by what 3 methods?
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neural lesions
stress (endorphins?) Catecholamines |
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What hormone may have a role in terminating corpus luteum function at the end of the menstrual cycle.
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oxytocin
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