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The molecules in the cell membrane that serve as receptors or binding sites for hormones or other chemical messengers are?
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Proteins.
Answer found in Eighth Edition of Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology by Elaine N. Marieb
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What are chemical messengers?
Hormones
How do hormones coordinate body functions?
Hormones are chemical messengers that travel throughout the body and control the functions of the body. Small amounts of hormones can trigger large responses in the body.
What are the chemical messengers that enter the blood are carried throughout the body by what activity called?
Hormones
Are hormones target molecules or signal molecules?
Hormones affect target cells because target cells have receptors that bind with certain hormones (they're specific). If a cell does not have a receptor then it is not affected by hormones. Target cells (which do have the receptor for a particular hormone) would be affected by the hormone.
How do hormones affect the activities of other cells?
Hormones are chemical messengers secreted into blood or extracellular fluid by one cell that affect the functioning of other cells. In very basic terms, binding of hormone to receptor triggers a cascade of reactions within the cell that affects function. I Have Placed A Likn In My Bio That You Can Check Out!!
What chemical messengers can pass through the plasma membrane and effect receptors in the cytoplasm?
Primary messengers are hormones (extracellular molecules) that conduct the signalling events by not passing though the membrane but binding on the cell surface receptors. Secondary messengers are small molecules that may cross the membrane which actually conduct the downstream signalling events inside the cell (intracellular). cAMP, cGMP, calcium ions, inositol triphosphate are a few secondary messengers. cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, metabolism, cell death such as apoptosis events are all controlled by signalling pathways.
What are chemical messengers?
Hormones
Proteins that function as chemical messengers?
Hormones. Fool.
What chemical messengers are built from proteins?
Hormones
What are the chemical messengers released in your blood called?
They are called hormones.
What do all hormones have in common?
All hormones are blood-borne.All hormones are "chemical messengers."
What is the chemical messengers of the body's network of chemical control called?
"hormones"
What molecules determine the tissue specificity of hormones?
Receptors
What recognizes signal molecules such as growth factors and hormones?
receptors
Do Endocrine hormones act as chemical messengers?
Yes, endocrine hormones act as chemical messengers. The circulatory system carries them to target tissues, where they carry messages to regulate body processes.
What is the name for the chemical messengers in blood that control distant organs?
Hormones.
What are chemicals that act as messengers throughout the body?
The chemical messenger is a hormone which are produced by endocrine glands
