Endocrine System Fundamentals

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Endine System Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • The endocrine system regulates physiological functions via hormone secretion into the blood.
  • Endocrine tissues include glands (thyroid, hypophysis cell clusters (Leydig, Langerhans), and diffuse neuroendocrine cells.
  • Hormones are classified as hydrophilic (proteins, peptides, amines) or hydrophobic (steroids, thyroid hormones).
  • Peptide hormones are synthesized as preprohormones, processed in ER and Golgi, stored in granules, secreted by exocytosis.
  • Steroid hormones derive from cholesterol, are not stored, diffuse freely into target cells.
  • Hormone secretion is regulated by hormonal, humoral, neural stimuli, often via negative feedback.
  • Hormone secretion exhibits circadian, pulsatile, or complex rhythms.
  • Receptors: membrane-bound (G-protein, enzyme-linked, ion channels) or intracellular (cytoplasmic, nuclear).
  • Hydrophilic hormones trigger intracellular cascades; lipophilic hormones modulate gene transcription.
  • Disorders include hyposecretion and hypersecretion, primary or secondary.

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

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1. What is the primary function of the endocrine system?

2. Which endocrine gland is primarily responsible for producing hormones related to stress response and features both cortex and medulla parts?

3. Which of the following best describes the synthesis and storage of peptide hormones?

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Endocrine epithelia — role?

Vascularized hormone-secreting cell groups.

Endocrine system — function?

Regulates physiological functions via hormones.

Hydrophilic hormones — example?

Proteins, peptides, amines like insulin.

Hydrophilic vs hydrophobic hormones — difference?

Hydrophilic are water-soluble; hydrophobic are fat-soluble.

Steroid hormones — origin?

Derived from cholesterol, diffuse freely.

Peptide hormone synthesis — process?

Synthesized as preprohormones; processed in ER and Golgi.

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