H Anatomy & Physiology: The Endocrine System
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Hormones
Chemical messenger that travels through the blood.
Target Cells
Destination of specific hormones.
Negative Feedback Mechanisms
Any mechanism that decreases the original stimulus.
Humoral
Changing levels of nutrients or ions in the blood.
Exocrine Glands
Secretes products on either surface of skin or chamber not in the blood.
Endocrine Glands
Secretes products into the blood.
Tropic Hormones
Hormones that stimulate other glands to release other hormones.
Releasing/Inhibiting Hormones
Released by the hypothalamus to stimulate the anterior pituitary gland.
Endocrine System
System that produces hormones to control the body.
Corpus Luteum
Hormones producing gland in pregnant women.
Steroid Hormones
Hormones made of cholesterol.
Amino Acid Hormones
Hormones made of proteins.
2nd Messengers
Carry out instructions from non-steroid hormones to the nucleus of the cell.
Pancreatic Islets
Hormone producing cells of the pancreas.
Cortisone
Long term stress hormone released by adrenal cortex.
Prostaglandins
Hormones made of highly active hormones.
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