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NUR 406 ENDO EXAM
- goal of the body is to always remain in
Answer homeostasis
- moves in a rhythm (e.x. cortisol)
Answer Durinal
- moving in a timely pattern or cycle (ex. estrogen and progesterone)
Answer Pulsatile and Cyclic
- Pattern like movement (e.x. insulin)
Answer patterns depending on circulating sub- stance
- if there are three or more hormones, this means the hormones are in a
feedback system
Answer complex feedback system
- insulin secretion is a feedback
Answer positive
- Glucagon secretion is a feedback
Answer negative
- if there are two hormones this is a feedback system 1 / 3
Answer simple
- the thyroid is an example of the feedback system
Answer negative complex feedback
- what is released from the inset of langerhans
Answer insulin and somastatin
- pancreas polypeptides
Answer satiety
- are steroids lipid or water soluble
Answer lipid
- what are examples of steroid hormones
Answer glucocorticoids, mineralocorti- coids(aldesterone), estrogen, progesterone, and androgens (male sex hormones)
- counterregulatory hormones
Answer glucagon, epinephrine, growth hormone, corti- sol
- the buildup of a hormone
Answer anabolism
- the breakdown of a hormone 2 / 3
Answer catabolic
- released into circulation and travels to distant site with effect on target organ.
Answer Endocrine
- Hormones that act locally to where they are produced (e.x. estrogen)
Answer -
Paracrine
- hormones that are made and act on the same cell that produce it (e.x. insulin)
Answer autocrine
- synthesized and has its action within the cell that made it (e.x. steroids)
Answer -
Intracrine
- hormones produced by neurons and travel via the bloodstream to effect target organ (e.x.
epinephrine)
Answer Neuroendocrine
- hormones circulate in free, unbound forms. cannot diffuse across the plasma membrane
(e.x. catecholamines)
Answer Water-soluble
- Hormones are primarily circulating bound to a carrier. easily diffuse across the plasma
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membrane (e.x. cortisol)
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