Hormone control

Question 1

What is an hormone ?

Answer 1

lipid-based chemical messengers secreted into the blood

Question 2

A major human hormones produced by classic endocrine glands ?

Answer 2

Pancreas
Ovaries
Pituitary

Question 3

What is an hydrophilic molecule ?

Answer 3

its first messengers that travel in blood but only affect cells with specific receptor proteins on their surface.

Question 4

What is a hydrophobic molecule ?

Answer 4

Hydrophobic steroid hormones pass easily into cells through the lipid bilayer.

Then bind to intracellular target receptor molecules within the cytoplasm

Question 5

What is negative feedback ?

Answer 5

1)Negative feedback underpins homeostatic regulation

2) feeds back directly or indirectly to the endocrine gland to regulate its secretion

Question 6

The function of adrenal glands ?

Answer 6

Outer cortex produces steroid hormones
Inner medulla secreted adrenaline

Question 7

The cause of adrenaline ?

Answer 7

Air passages to dilate
Blood vessels to contract
Reduces body’s ability to feel pain