Steroidogenesis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Advanced pathophysiology NR 507 final exam (2022/2023) already graded A Fat Soluble Hormones Steroids Water Soluble Hormones Need 2nd Messenger to transport across phospholipid membranes Pituitary Hormones TSH, GH, ACTH, FSH, LH, Oxytocin, ADH, Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Anterior Pituitary Acct for 75% of total weight of pituitary gland. Three regions, pars distalis, parts tuberalis, and pars intermedia. Pars distalis is major component of Anterior Pituitary and source of Anterior Pituita...

POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS) - ANSWER-• Most common endocrinopathy in women of reproductive age • Leading cause of anovulatory infertility Features of PCOS - ANSWER-1. Clinical -Menstrual abnormalities -Hyperandrogenism -Obesity 2. Endocrine -Elevated luteinizing hormone (LH) -Elevated androgens (e.g., testosterone) 3. Metabolic -Insulin resistance -Lipid abnormalities -Increased risk for impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes Pathophysiology for PCOS - ANSWER...

Nurs 611 Exam 3 Maryville University Iron deficiency IDA - can arise inadequate dietary intake or excessive blood loss. The most common cause in developed countries is pregnancy and chronic blood loss. Early symptoms are nonspecific and include fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and pale earlobes, palms, and conjunctivae Hyperpituitarism: Primary Adenoma - are usually benign slow-growing tumors that arise from cells of the anterior pituitary. Local expansion may cause both neurolog...

normal ovarian function vs PCOS. - ANSWER-a little cyst is not bad, we actually expect it to happen when egg is about to rupture out. Theca cells make androgen and granulosa cells make estrogen. Anatomy is generally the same with these women with irregular menstruation and no fertility. Saw that polycystic ovary is that there are a bunch of follicles and cysts but not one that gets big enough to rupture. PCOS combines many areas of reproductive physiology - ANSWER-1) Abnormal hypothalamic...

Presumptive (subjective signs) - correct answer Amenorrhea, nausea, vomiting, increased urinary frequency, excessive fatigue, breast tenderness, quickening at 18-20 weeks Probable (objective signs) - correct answer Goodell sign (softening of cervix) Chadwick sign (cervix is blue/purple) Hegar's sign (softening of lower uterine segment) Uterine enlargement Braxton Hicks contractions (may be palpated ...

labcE question and answers graded A+ 2023 latest update hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - correct answer gestational trophoblastic disease Beta hCG - correct answer Which of the following tumor markers is associated with testicular cancer? CEA, or Carcinoembryonic Antigen - correct answer Colon cancer marker CYP450 - correct answer Which enzyme is responsible for the rate-limiting step of steroid hormone synthesis? 17- and 21-hydroxylases - correct answer enzymes that hydroxylate...

The most common type of ovarian cyst is... - ANSWER-A functional cyst that develops during the menstrual cycle What are the two types of ovarian cysts? - ANSWER-Follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts What are the features of a follicular cyst? - ANSWER-They usually go away on their own in 1-3 months and form when an egg doesn't release as expected, so the follicular keeps growing What are the features of a corpus luteum cyst? - ANSWER-They go away on their own and form after the foll...

Iron deficiency IDA - can arise inadequate dietary intake or excessive blood loss. The most common cause in developed countries is pregnancy and chronic blood loss. Early symptoms are nonspecific and include fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and pale earlobes, palms, and conjunctivae Hyperpituitarism: Primary Adenoma - are usually benign slow-growing tumors that arise from cells of the anterior pituitary. Local expansion may cause both neurologic and secretory defects. The adenomatous t...

True or false: During luteal regression in the ewe, PGF2α is released from the uterine myometrium andbinds to receptors on the corpus luteum - ANSWER-false True or false: An A4 stage spermatogonia has completed meiosis 1 and is about to begin the 2nd meiotic division - ANSWER-False. An A4 stage spermatogonia has not completed meiosis 1 nor has it started meiosis 2. Spermatogonia are the precursor cells for sperm production in the testes. They undergo a series of mitotic divisions to give ris...

Fat Soluble Hormones Steroids Water Soluble Hormones Need 2nd Messenger to transport across phospholipid membranes Pituitary Hormones TSH, GH, ACTH, FSH, LH, Oxytocin, ADH, Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Anterior Pituitary Acct for 75% of total weight of pituitary gland. Three regions, pars distalis, parts tuberalis, and pars intermedia. Pars distalis is major component of Anterior Pituitary and source of Anterior Pituitary Hormones. Posterior Pituitary (neurohypo...