System 2026 Exam Questions
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hormones - ANSWER ✔✔chemical messengers that are
manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream,
and affect other tissues
endocrine system - ANSWER ✔✔consists of glands that control
many of the body's activities by producing hormones
, classical endocrine signaling - ANSWER ✔✔hormones are secreted
into the extracellular fluid by ductless endocrine glands, & circulate
throughout the body in blood
extracellular receptors - ANSWER ✔✔hormone receptors on the
surface of target cells that bind to hydrophilic hormones
intracellular receptors - ANSWER ✔✔hormone receptors within the
cytoplasm of the target cell that bind to hydrophobic hormones that have
diffused across the membrane
endocrine glands - ANSWER ✔✔glands that secrete chemicals called
hormones directly into the bloodstream
neuroendocrine signaling - ANSWER ✔✔specialized neurons called
neurosecretory neurons release a neurohormone into the circulatory
system when appropriately stimulated
neurosecretory neurons - ANSWER ✔✔neurons releasing hormones
into the bloodstream
paracrine regulation - ANSWER ✔✔cells release a signaling
molecule that diffuses through the ECF & acts on nearby cells ---
regulation is local rather than at a distance