Module 5-Hormones

Question 1

What is the endocrine system made up of?

Answer 1

Endocrine glands-pineal gland, pituitary gland, parathyroid gland, adrenal gland, pancreas, ovary, testis

Question 2

Define endocrine glands

Answer 2

Secrete hormones which are transported in the blood and bind to their target cell causing a response

Question 3

Define hormones

Answer 3

Chemical messengers transported in the blood that have widespread and long lasting effects

Question 4

Examples of hormones

Answer 4

-steroids
-glycoproteins

Question 5

Function of steroid hormones

Answer 5

Lipid soluble and can diffuse across the cell surface membrane into their target cells to bind to a receptor often located in the cytoplasm

Question 6

Function of non steroid hormones

Answer 6

-insoluble in lipids and therefore can’t diffuse across the cell surface membrane.
-instead bind to complementary shaped receptors on the cell surface membrane of the target cell
-the binding to the receptor causes a cascade of responses within the cell and that is how the hormone causes a response