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| COORDINATES AND DIRECTS THE ACTIVITY OF THE BODY'S CELLS; USES CHEMICAL MESSENGERS CALLED HORMONES THAT ARE RELEASED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM |
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| CONTROL REPRODUCTION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, MOBILIZING BODY DEFENSES AGAINST STRESSORS, MAINTAIN ELECTROLYTES, WATER, NUTRIENT BALANCE OF THE BLOOD, CELLULAR METABOLISM AND ENERGY BALANCE. |
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| THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HORMONES AND ENDOCRINE ORGANS, |
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| CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES THAT ARE SECRETED BY ENDOCRINE CELLS INTO THE EXTRACELLULAR FLUIDS AND REGULATES THE METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF OTHER CELLS IN THE BODY. |
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| AMINO ACID-BASED MOLECULES |
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| PROTEINS, PEPTIDES, AND AMINES |
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| MADE FROM CHOLESTEROL; 5 TYPES- ANDROGENS, ESTROGENS,PROGESTINS,MINERALOCORTOCOIDS,GLUCOCORTOCOIDS |
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| MADE FROM HIGHLY ACTIVE LIPIDS RELEASED FROM NEARLY ALL CELL MEMBRANES. |
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| LIPID-SOLUBLE MOLECULES THAT CAN DIFFUSE THROUGH PLASMA MEMBRANE OF THEIR TARGET CELLS, THEN ENTER THE NUCLEUS AND BINDS TO A SPECIFIC RECEPTOR PROTEIN, THEN BINDS TO SPECIFIC SITES ON THE CELL'S DNA, ACTIVATING CERTAIN GENES TO TRANSMIT MESSENGER RNA. |
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| DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD MEANING AROUSE; ALTERS CELLULAR ACTIVITY. -CAUSES CHANGES IN PLASMA MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY OR ELECTRICAL STATE -SYNTHESIS OF PROTEINS OF CERTAIN REGULATORY MOLECULES IN THE CELL -ACTIVATION OR INACTIVATION OF ENZYMES -STIMULATION OF MITOSIS -PROMOTION OF SECRETORY ACTIVITY |
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| INTRACELLULAR MOLECULE GENERATED BY THE BINDING OF A CHEMICAL TO A MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MEDIATES INTRACELLULAR RESPONSES |
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| NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS |
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| REGULATES BLOOD LEVELS OF NEARLY ALL HORMONES |
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| STIMULI THAT ACTIVATES THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS-3 TYPES OF STIMULI: HORMONAL, HUMORAL, AND NEURAL. |
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| ENDOCRINE ORGANS ARE KNOCKED INTO ACTION BY OTHER HORMONES AND BLOOD-BORNE CHEMICALS |
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| A HORMONE RELEASED BY THE THYROID GLAND IN RESPONSE TO HUMORAL STIMULI. |
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| A HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PANCREAS IN RESPONSE TO HUMORAL STIMULI THAT DECREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. |
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