Endocrine System

Question 1

Define Autocrine?

Answer 1

Hormones that are released from a cell and act on the same cell

Question 2

Define Paracrine?

Answer 2

Hormones released from a cell and carried a short distance through interstitial fluid to parallel cells

Question 3

Define Endocrine?

Answer 3

Hormones released by a cell into the bloodstream to target distant cells and tissues

Question 4

Define Neurocrine?

Answer 4

Hormones that originate in neurones and travel down the axon of the neurone to be released into the blood stream to be carried to distance target cells

Question 5

What are the four classes of hormones?

Answer 5

Peptide hormones
Steroids
Glycoproteins
Amino Acid Derivatives

Question 6

How are hormones transported?

Answer 6

Sometimes simply in solution, mostly in compound with carrier proteins