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CATEGORIES OF HORMONES

PEPTIDES
AMINES STEROIDS

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PEPTIDES
HYDROPHILIC DISSOLVED IN PLASMA RECEPTOR ON CELL SURFACE cAMP OR CALCIUM AS SECOND MESSENGERS ACTIVATE SPECIFIC GENES TO INITIATE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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PEPTIDE HORMONES
HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY PANREATIC PARATHYROID GI KIDNEY LIVER HEART
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AMINES
THYROID HORMONE CATECHOLAMINES ALL DERIVED FROM AMINO ACID TYROSINE UNIQUE SYNTHETIC AND SECRETORY PATHWAYS

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STEROIDS
LIPOPHILIC RECEPTOR IN CYTOPLASM ACTIVATE SPECIFIC GENES TO INITIATE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS ADRENAL CORTICAL GONADAL PLACENTAL
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PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF HORMONES


DEPENDS ON RATE OF SECRETION NEGATIVE FEEDBACK NEUROENDOCRINE REFLEXES DIURNAL RHYTHMS

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TYPES OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS


HORMONE EXCESS
HORMONE DEFICIENCY DECREASED RESPOSIVENESS OF RECEPTORS
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COMPARISON OF ENDOCRINE AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS


NERVOUS SYSTEM WIRED CHEMICAL SIGNAL AT TARGET CELL RAPID BRIEF DURATION
CLOSE ANATOMICAL PROXIMITY ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

WIRELESS CHEMICAL SIGNAL AT TARGET CELL SLOW LONG DURATION SPECIFIC RECEPTORS

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