BCOR Unit 5- Hormones and Endocrine Signaling

Define hormone. Can you give examples of chemicals that are hormones? What body
system uses them?

List and explain the five forms of signaling cells use. Be able to compare/contrast them.

What are pheromones? Give examples of how animals use them to communicate.

Are prostaglandins and nitric oxide local or long-distance regulators? What roles do they play in the body (what are their effects)?

Explain how cell signaling is different whether a hormone of hydrophobic or hydrophilic

How can the same hormone have different effect in different cells?

Define negative and positive feedback and explain how it can relate to hormone
signaling.

Why are the hypothalamus and pituitary gland key in hormonal signaling?

Compare/contrast the anterior and posterior pituitary gland

List two posterior pituitary hormones and their functions

Explain the negative feedback response triggered by low levels of thyroid hormone

What is goiter and how does it relate to thyroid hormone and iodine?

What is the function of growth hormone and what tissues does it affect?

How is blood calcium level regulated in the body?

How does the hypothalamus influence the adrenal gland in order to generate the fight
or flight response?