A Level Biology - Module 5, Chapter 14: Hormonal Communication

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What is insulin?
globular hormone, 51 amino acids in 2 polypeptide chain, converts glucose into glycogen
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What are the steps for a hormonal response?
Triggered gland > hormonal secretion > hormone transported in blood plasma > binds to receptors > stimulate response
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What is a steroid hormone?
Lipid soluble hormone, forms a hormone-receptor complex, forms a transcription factor, can facilitate/inhibit genes
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What is a non steroid hormone?
Hydrophilic hormone, binds to receptors on cell surface membrane, triggers a secondary messenger to cause a response inside cell
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What scretes chemicals into a duct tat flows to an organ or skin surface?
Exocrine gland; bile duct, sweat glands
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What is an endocrine gland?
secretes hormones directly into bloodstream; thymus, pituitary gland, ovaries
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What is the pancreas?
Exo and endocrine gland. Exo produces digestive enzymes (lipases, proteases, amylayses), endi produces insulin (in B cells) and glucagon (a cells)
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What is a soluble molecule used in respiration?
Glucose
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Whats the difference between glycogen and glucagon?
Glycogen: branched polysaccharide of glucose, stores energy. Glucagon: peptide hormone produced to turn glycogen into glucose
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Name two processes used to increase glucose levels
Gluconeogenesis: production of glucose from non-carb sources. Glycogenolysis: break down of glycogen
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Insulin production and Glycogenesis do what?
increase blood glucose levels
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Whats hypo and hyperglyceamia?
Hypo = too little glucose. Hyper = too much glucose
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What is diabetes?
The inability to produce or respond to insulin resulting in high glucose levels
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Which diabetes could be an autoimmune response?
Type 1
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Which diabetes could be a result of a bad diet?
Type 2
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What is is when your bpdy doesn't respond to the insulin you make? How can it be treated?
Type 2 - diet and excercise
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What are the causes and management of type 1 diabetes?
Cannot produce insulin - B cells dont respond to rising glucose levels or are being destroyed. Insulin injections
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What causes a cell to be charge at -70mV?
K+ channels opening and K+ ions leaving the cell
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How does glucose enter a cell?
via a glucose transporter?
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How does glucose change in the cell?
metabolised by glucokianase to form ATP
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What does ATP do in the cell in reponse to glucose?
actively closes the K+ channels, in turn causing the Ca2+ channels to open
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What happens when Ca2+ channels open?
depolarisation as Ca2+ ions enter the cell and cause vesicles to secrete insulin
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How does glucokianase convert glucose to ATP?
Phosphorylation
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What is andrenaline, what are its effects?
Hormone, increases heart rate, dilates pupils, stops gut function, increases respiration
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What secretes adrenaline?
Adrenal medulla
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what is ACTH?
hormone the signals other hormones to be released
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What is the process in response to a threat by the hormonal system?
Autonomic system detects a threat > hypothalamus signals sympathetic nervous system > adrenal cortical system releases adrenaline > response
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what is the role of cAMP?
secondary messeger that activates protein kinases to phosphorylate other molecules
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What does adenyl cyclase do?
converts ATP to cAMP
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