Hormones Flashcards
What are hormones?
Chemicals
Organic compounds
Where are hormones secreted from?
The endocrine gland
Where do hormones enter after being secreted from the endocrine gland?
Bloodstream, xylem, lymph, phloem
Where do hormones go?
The target cell
What are examples of target cells?
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Other glands
The whole body
What are the types of glands?
Endocrine
Exocrine
Paracrine (but they are cells)
Autocrine
What does the endocrine gland do?
Secretes hormones
What do exocrine glands do?
Secretes chemicals out from a duct
NO HORMONES
something about liver and pancreas but my dumbass erased the board
What is the paracrine gland?
They are paracrine CELLS
Secretes chemicals to adjacent cells
NOT HORMONES
What is an example of a paracrine cell?
Neurotransmitter
What are autocrine cells?
Responds to own chemical product
Example of autocrine cells?
Growth factor?????
