hormone interactions

Question 1

What does the responsiveness of a target cell to a hormone depend on (3 things)?

Answer 1

1. Hormones concentration in the blood
2. the abundance of the target cells’ hormone receptors
3. influences by other hormones

Question 2

How does a target cell respond when the level of a hormone rises or has more receptors?

Answer 2

Vigorously (up-regulation)

Question 3

When a hormone weakly stimulates with a target cell independently, but when small amounts of a second hormone are present it reacts more powerfully, what effect does this second hormone have?

Answer 3

permissive effect

Question 4

When the effect of 2 hormones acting together is greater than the sum of their individual effects, the 2 hormones are said to have what kind of effect?

Answer 4

synergistic effect

Question 5

When a hormone opposes the action of another hormone the 2 hormones have what kind of effects?

Answer 5

antagonistic effects