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Glossary of endocrine I

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the master gland is the
anterior pituitary which produces tropic hormones
what are tropic hormones and where are they produced
act on other endocrine glands, serve as hormonal stimuli and stimulate release of another hormone part of the anterior pituitary gland
name the 2 major systems responsible for regulating organs and organ systems
nervous and endocrine system
the endocrine system releases what signals into what system
chemical blood
which two systems acts quickly
nervous system
chemical signal binds to _ _
receptor site
what two types of receptors respond to chemical signals
membrane bound and intracellular
only____tissue respond to each type of hormone
target
2 chemical cat of hormones
steroids (enters the cell) , non steroids (doesnt enter the cell)
hormones are regulated (3)
chemical, hormone and nervous system

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