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What is paracrine signalling?

hormone travels to target cell close to origin

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What is autocrine signalling?

hormone acts on same cell it was secreted by

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What is neuroendocrine signalling?

nerve cell releases hormone into blood where it travels to target cell

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4 features of peptide,protein and glycoprotein hormones and an example of 1

multiple chains, complex carbohydrate residues attatched, water soluble, hydrophillic e.g. insulin

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3 features of steroid hormones and example

Derived from cholesterol, lipid soluble, hydrophobic e.g. testosterone

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example of an amino acid derived hormone

thyroxine from tyrosine

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What is hormone synergism

The effect of a group of hormones on a receptor is bigger then the sum of effects of hormones acting individually on a cell

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What is autocrine signalling?

hormone acts on same cell it was secreted by

What is neuroendocrine signalling?

4 features of peptide,protein and glycoprotein hormones and an example of 1

3 features of steroid hormones and example

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