Endocrine 2: Hormones Flashcards
which hormones are hydrophillic
which hormones are hydrophobic
how are hydrophillic hormones synthesized, released, and transported?
how are hydrophobic hormones released, synthesized, and transported?
3 hormone types:
most hormones are which type?
describe how pep hormones are produced and released
diffrentiate between: preprohormone, prohormone, active hormone
What can be contained in a preprohormone?
T/f: a preprohormone will only have one type of hormone
What gets cleaved from proinsulin to make insulin?
the type of hormone that is made is dependent on:
in the adrenal cortex, cholesterol turns into:
in the ovary, cholesterol turns into:
amine hormones can only be synthesized from:
tryptophan derivatives include
tyrosine derivatives include
What does melanin do?
Where is melanin made?
dopamine, NE, and epi are all ______ derivatives
T3 and thryoxine are all ________ derivatives
where are catecholomines made?
what hormone do catecholomines behave like?
how does tyrosine turn into epi?