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Activational hormone effects can happen at any time during adulthood and often occur over short periods of time. They are often transient or reversible. These are different than organizational hormone effects, which occur during specific periods in development, have permanent or long-lasting effects, and help to set up the brain for later interactions with hormones.
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What are the cells that respond to the effects of a hormone called?
Target Cells
How does somatotropin affect metabolism?
Somatotropin is the same as growth hormone and it has a range of effects, including effects similar to insulin.
What is the difference between trophic hormones and tropic hormones?
"Trophic" describes any hormone that controls the secretion of another hormone.
Which of the following occurs in situations where more than one hormone produces the same effects at the target cell and their combined effects are amplified?
Hormone synergism happens and produces results greater than the individual effects of the hormones involved.
What kind of compound is most likely to mimic the effects of a hormone that influences sexual behavior?
a compound with the same three-dimensional shape as part of the hormone
What hormone is a growth?
A growth hormone is a chemical that has effects on plant growth
Anorexia hormone effects appropriate for school?
Anorexia is not a hormone, it is a dangerous and often deadly eating disorder.
Is the situation when on hormone cannot exert its full effects without another hormone being present?
permissiveness
What is the situation when one hormone cannot exert its full effects without another hormone being present?
Permissiveness
What are the cells that respond to the effects of a hormone called?
Target Cells
What is another group of compounds that have hormone-like effects?
Ghi
What do the words parathyroid hormone mean?
Parathyroid hormone is a hormone secreted by the Parathyroid glands. It increases the concentration of calcium in the blood. It effects bone, kidney and intestine tissue.
Describe the 3 ways in which hormones can interact?
1. Synergistic effects in which two or more hormones act together to produce an effect that is greater than the sum of their separate effects. 2. Permissive effects in which one hormone enhances the target organ's response to a second hormone that is secreted later. 3. Antagonistic effects in which one hormone opposes the action of another. For example, insulin lowers blood glucose level and glucagon raises it.
How does somatotropin affect metabolism?
Somatotropin is the same as growth hormone and it has a range of effects, including effects similar to insulin.
What are the effects of growth hormone deficiency?
Growth hormone (GH) regulates the body's growth. Patients who lose supply of this hormone before physical maturity will suffer impaired growth. Loss of the hormone can also affect adults.
What is the difference between trophic hormones and tropic hormones?
"Trophic" describes any hormone that controls the secretion of another hormone.
Which of the following occurs in situations where more than one hormone produces the same effects at the target cell and their combined effects are amplified?
Hormone synergism happens and produces results greater than the individual effects of the hormones involved.
