Hormone lecture for dummies

[Axl]

Now this is a great source of information!


http://distance.stcc.edu/AandP/AP/AP...ine/unit17.htm

Here are the chapters of what you will learn here:

Hormones have many chemical forms

Hormones must bind to receptors to cause an effect

How steroid hormones work

How non-steroid hormones work

Regulation of hormones

Endocrine Glands and their hormones

The Hypothalamus & the Pituitary Gland
These regions act as the "master" endocrine glands. Their hormones mainly function to regulate the release of other hormones

Other endocrine glands:

The thyroid gland

The parathyroid glands

The adrenal gland:

* adrenal medulla
* adrenal cortex

the pancreas, pineal gland & others

Stress and the endocrine system

[SWALE]

Nice.