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15 Cards in this Set
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Which hormone was the first discovered and who discovered it? |
William M. Bayliss and Ernest Starling discovered the first hormone- secretin |
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Who was the father of endocrinology? |
Thomas Addison |
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Who gave the term hormone? |
Ernest Starling |
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What are the two types of hormones? |
1. Water soluble 2. Lipid soluble |
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Type of water soluble protein hormones |
1. Long peptides 2. Short peptides 3. Glycoprotein hormones |
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Examples of long peptide hormones |
PIP 1. parathormone 2. Insulin 3. Pituitary hormones |
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Examples of glycoprotein hormones |
FSH LH TSH |
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Examples of short peptides hormones |
GOAT Glucagon Oxytocin ADH Thymosin |
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Examples of amine hormones |
Amine hormones- Catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine) from tyrosine Melatonin and serotonin from tryptophan |
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Functions of prostaglandins |
1. Vasoconstriction 2. Vasodilation 3. Contraction of uterine muscles |
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What are catecholamines and which amino acids makes them? What hormones are made from tryptophan |
Catecholamines- dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine are made from tyrosine Tryptophan makes up the serotonin and melatonin |
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How is the posterior pituitary controlled? |
By neural regulation of hypothalamus |
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The basal part of diencephalon |
Hypothalamus |
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Where is the pituitary gland located? |
Sella turcica - a depression in the sphenoid bone |
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From where does the adenohypophysis develop? |
As an outgrowth of the ectoderm called as rathke's pouch which is present at the roof of the buccal cavity |
