Female endocrinology Flashcards
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What are autocrine hormones
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- Affect same cell
- Secretes hormone, leaves the cell and binds to the receptor
2
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What are paracrine hormones?
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They accect nearby cells
3
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- What are endocrine hormones?
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They affect elsewhere in the body
- Secreted by glands into the blood stream
4
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What are exocrine hormones?
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They screte hormones via ducts into external environment
- E,G salivary, sweat and mammary glands
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