Discussion Post: Anatomy- Communication, Control, and Integration
• What is meant by the term target cells?
• How are steroid hormones able to pass through the cell's plasma membrane easily?
• Name some of the different general types of Non steroid hormones. Give an example of each.
• Name some ways in which hormones can work together to regulate a tissue.
• Why are Prostaglandins (PGs ) sometimes called tissue hormones?
• Why are PGs considered to be an important in Clinical application?
• What are the two main divisions of the Pituitary Gland called?
• Name three hormones produced by adenohypophysis, and give their main functions.
• What is a tropic Hormone? A releasing hormone?
• Name the two hormones of the neurohypophysis.
• Where is the thyroid located?
• How calcitonin and parathyroid hormone act together to regulate the homeostasis of blood calcium concentration?
• Name some effects of Cortisol in the body.
• Name two of the four principal hormones secreted by the pancreatic islets.
• In what way do insulin and glucagon exert antagonistic influences on the concentration of Glucose in the blood?
• What are the major hormones secreted by reproductive tissues (Gonads and placenta)?
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