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41.Hypothalmic releasing hormones affect the anterior pituitary via what circulatory system
Hypophyseal portal circulation
42.What are the hypothalmic releasing hormones?
◦TRH
GnRH
CRH
GHRH
43.TRH is:
Thyrotropin releasing hormone
44.TRH stimulates:
thyrotrophin (TSH) secretion
45.Thyrotrophin secretion in teh anterior pituitary is under the control of what hypothalmic hormone?
TRH = Thyrotropin relseasing hormone
46.GnRH stands for:
Gonadotropin releasing hormone
47.GnRH stimulates:
gonadotrophin secretion (LH and FSH)
48.Gonadotrophin (LH and FSH) are stimulated for secretion by what Hypothalmic hormone?
GnRH
49.CRH stands for:
Corticotropin-releasing hormone
50.CRH stimulates:
The secretion of corticotrophin (ACTH)
51.Corticotrophin or ACTH is stimulated to be released by what Hypothalmic hormone?
CRH
52.GHRH stands for:
Growth hormone releasing hormone
53.GHRH stimulates:
secretion of GH
54.GH secretion is stimulated by:
GHRH
55.Dopamine inhibits the secretion of
prolactin
56.SS stands for:
Somatostatin
57.DA stands for:
Dopamine
58.GHRH increase teh synthesis of of GH via:
AC-cAMP PKA-CREB pathway
59.What five cell types are found in the Anterior pituitary?
Thyrotrophs
Gonadotrophs
Lactotrophs
Somatotrophs
Corticotrophs
60.Thyrotrophs secrete what hormone?
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
61.TSH stimulates what?
synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormones
62.What hormone stimulate sthe synthesis and secretion fo thyroid hormones?
TSH
63.What type of cell in the anterior pituitary produceds TSH?
Thyrotrophs
64.Where are Thyro trophs located?
Anterior pituitary
65.TSh is secreted from what organ?
Anterior pituitary
66.Gonadotrophs are cells in the anterior pituitary that secrete what hormone?
◦Gonadotrophins: LH and FSH
67.LH and FSH stimulate what?
steroid biosynthesis and germ cell maturation in the gonads
68.What hormone stimulates steroid biosynthesis and germ cell maturation in the gonads?
◦Gonadotrophins: LH and FSH
69.Gonadotrophins (LH and FSH) are produced in what type of anterior pituitary cells?
Gonadotrophs
70.LH and FSH are produced in what organ?
Anterior pituitary
71.Corticotrophs of the anterior pituitary produce what hormone?
ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)
72.Adrenocorticotrophic hormone stimulates what?
Steroid biosythesis in the adrenal cortex
73.What hormone stimulates steroid biosynthesis in the adrenal cortex?
ACTH
74.ACTH stands for:
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
75.ACTH is produced in what anterior pituitary cell type?
Corticotrophs
76.Adrenocorticotrophic hormone is produced in what organ?
Anterior pituitary
77.Somatotrophs produce what hormone?
Somatotrophin = GH
78.An example of a somatotrophin is:
GH (growth hormone)
79.GH stimulates:
growth via insulin like growth factor (IGF-1)
80.IGF-1 stands for:
insulin like growth factor
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BIOL 404-Endocrine 6
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BIOL 404-Endocrine 6
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4/6/2013, 5:44:50 PM
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