ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards
- Controls homeostasis
- Maintains water balance
- Controls uterine contractions
- Controls milk production
- Regulates ions (calcium, sodium, potassium)
- Regulates metabolism and growth
- Regulates heart rate and blood pressure
- Monitors blood glucose levels
- Aids the immune system
- Reproductive functions
Function of Endocrine System
secrete their product directly into blood stream
Endocrine glands
molecules that are released from one location, move to another location, and produce a response
Chemical signal
2 components of the endocrine system
Endocrine glands
Chemical signal
produce in one of part a cell and move to another part of same cell
Intracellular (chemical signals)
released from one cell and bind to receptors on another cell
Intercellular (chemical signals)
2 types of chemical signals
Intracellular
Intercellular
- released by cells and a have local effect on same cell type
- Ex. Eicosanoids (released in response to inflammation)
Autocrine (Intercellular Signal)
- released by cells that affect other cell types in close proximity
- Ex. Somatostatin (inhibits insulin secretion)
Paracrine (Intercellular signals)
- secreted by nerve cells
- Ex. Nervous system function
Neurotransmitter and neuromodulators (intercellular signals)
- secreted into environment and modify behavior and physiology of other individual in same species
- Ex. Women and menstrual cycles
Pheromones (intercellular signals)
- secreted into blood and bind to receptor sites
- Ex. Epinephrine and insulin
Hormones and neurohormones (intercellular signals)
Secreted by cells in a local area; influences the activity of the same cell from which it was secreted
Autocrine
Produced by a wide variety of tissues and secreted into extracellular fluid; has a localized effect on other tissues
Paracrine
Produced by neurons; secreted into a synaptic cleft by presynaptic nerve terminals; travels short distances; influences postsynaptic cells
Neurotransmitter
Secreted into the blood by specialized cells; travels some distance to target tissues; results in coordinated regulation of cell function
Endocrine
5 types of intercellular signals
- autocrine
- paracrine
- neurotransmitter and neuromodulators
- pheromones
- hormones and neurohormones
location on a cell where hormone binds (lock)
receptor sites
group of cells that respond to specific hormones
target tissues
specific hormones bind to specific receptor sites
specificity
3 components of hormones
- receptor site
- target tissues
- specificity
How does response occur:
1. Hormones are secreted by endocrine glands directly into ____________.
2. __________ travel to all parts of body
3. Hormones (key) bind to ______ (lock) on ______ tissue
4. _________ occurs
- bloodstream
- Hormones
- receptor site, target
- Response
How does hormones cause change?
* Alter cell activity of ________ by increasing or decreasing cell’s
normal processes
* Change ___________ of cell membrane by opening or closing ion channels
* Synthesis of __________
- target tissues
- permeability
- proteins
Type of hormone:
- includes proteins, peptides, amino acids
- most common
- Ex. Growth hormone, antidiuretic, prolactin
Water soluble
Type of hormone:
- includes steroids and eicosanoids
- Ex. LH, FSH, androgens
Lipid hormones
2 type of hormones
- water soluble
- lipid hormones