Class 1 Endocrine and Digestive System NET Best
Class 1 Endocrine and Digestive System NET Best
Class 1 Endocrine and Digestive System NET Best
Suman Bhattacharjee
What are endocrine
hormones?
1. Chemical signals from one cell to 33% 33% 33%
remote target cells.
2. Chemicals for direct cell-to-cell
communication.
3. Chemicals that cross a gap
between two adjacent cells.
1 2 3
Four methods of cell-to-cell communication are found in the human
body, ranging from direct to remote communication.
Hormones and Receptors
• Hormones- chemical
messengers travel through
body
• Target cell or organ- organ or
cells that a hormone affects
Follicle-stimulating hormone Stimulates egg maturation in the ovary and release of sex hormones.
Lutenizing hormone Stimulates maturation of egg and of the corpus luteum surrounding the egg, which
affects female sex hormones and the menstrual cycle.
Thyroid-stimulating hormone Stimulates the thyroid to release thyroxine.
Corticotropin-releasing hormone
Vasopressin or ADH
Growth hormone–
releasing hormone (GHRH),
also known as somatoliberin