intro to steroid hormones

Question 1

define a hormone

Answer 1

a substance that is produced in one tissue or organ, released into the blood and carried to other organs where it acts to produce a specific response

Question 2

what are the systems by which we classify hormones

Answer 2

-by proximity of their site of synthesis to their site of action
-chemical structure
-solubility

Question 3

endocrine hormones

Answer 3

synthesized by glands and transported by the blood to their target cells

Question 4

paracrine hormones

Answer 4

synthesized near their targets of action

Question 5

autocrine hormones

Answer 5

synthesis and action in the same cell

Question 6

bind to membrane receptors, trigger intracellular signaling cascade to regulate cell function

Answer 6

hydrophilic hormones

Question 7

bind to intracellular receptors, either in the cytoplasm or in the nucleus, to regulate cell function

Answer 7

lipophilic hormones