BMS2021 Lecture : BMS2021 hormones.docx

• School: Monash University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: BMS2021
• Professor: Reena Taylor

Document Summary

The method in the way cells communicate occur in 3 ways, they can secrete chemicals that. Cell and tissues talk to each other via messengers or hormones. substances that aim in altering the specific function of a cell or tissue. This communication is required for the development and organisation of tissues, the control of growth, division and death and coordinating the diverse cellular activities. This message system is termed the endocrine system. In higher vertebrates, such as humans, evolution has developed a complicated set of hormonal controls that regulate cellular processes. They do not affect the organ that secretes the hormone itself. Depending on the hormone released, action may be general thought various cells in the organism or specific to target cells or tissues. The effect on tissues is dependent on the ability of the tissue to respond and the amount of hormone present. mineralocorticoids, or gonadal sterodisa such as androgens or oestrogens.