Types Of Chemical Communication (hormines) Flashcards
Chemical messengers can be classified into three groups depending on
Type of cell releasing chemical
Chemical messengers can be classified into three groups depending on how chemical messengers reaches _
Site of action
Groups include hormones _ and _
Paracrine and autocrine factors
Neurohormones
Hormones are chemicals released by glands into bloodstream that carry them to _
Distant sites throughout body
Hormones may have specific site of action or they may affect _
Wide variety of different cells
Hormones can affect Wide variety of different cells, simultaneously regulating a large number of different _
Bodily processes
Adrenaline released into blood from the _
Adrenal medulla
Adrenal medulla is _ region of adrenal glands
Central
Adrenaline constricts _
Blood vessels
Adrenaline increases cardiac activity and also _
Dilates pupils
Adrenaline inhibits _
GI tract
In order for hormone to affect a cell, cell must have appropriate _ embedded in cell membrane
Protein receptor
_ within a gland release certain hormones into the bloodstream
Cells
