MODULE 6 : DIVERSITY OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards
Acts locally. On neighborhood cells
PARACRINE
Distributed in the blood. Acts on distant target cells
ENDOCRINE
Acts on the same cell
AUTOCRINE
Produced by neurons but functions as hormones
NEUROHORMONE
Influences postsynaptic cells or effector cells
NEUROTRANSMITTER
Type of receptors which has second messengers that alters the activity of other molecules within the cell
CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS
Type of receptors which alter transcriptional activity of responsive genes
INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS
A type of intracellular receptor which functions to activate and stimulate transcription
AMINO TERMINUS
A type of intracellular receptor which binds to a specific sequence of DNA
DNA BINDING DOMAIN
Type of intracellular receptor which binds to hormones
CARBOXY TERMINUS / LIGAND-BINDING DOMAIN
Hormone synthesized from cholesterol
ADRENAL STEROID HORMONE
Hormone derived from tyrosine
CATECHOLAMINE
Peptide hormones found in the heart
ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE / ANF
Hormones found in the pancreas
INSULIN
SOMATOSTATIN
Peptide Hormones found in the gastrointestinal tract
CKK
GASTRIN
Peptide hormone found in fat stores
LEPTIN
Amino acid hormones derived from tyrosine
THYROID HORMONES
CATECHOLAMINES
Amino acid hormones derived from tryptophan
SEROTONIN
MELATONIN
Amino acid hormones derived from glutamic acid
HISTAMINE
Inhibit release of growth hormone and thyroid stimulating factor
SOMATOSTATIN