PSY 2501 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Allomone, Radioimmunoassay
30 Mar 2016
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Hormones: chemicals secreted by one group of cells and carried through the bloodstream to other parts of the body, where they act on speciic target issues to produce speciic physiological efects. Endocrine glands: a gland that secrete products into the bloodstream to act on distant targets. Exocrine glands: a gland whose secreions exit the body via ducts. Castraion: removal of gonads, usually the testes. Endocrine: referring to glands that release chemicals to the interior of the body. Neurocrine: referring to secretory funcions of neurons, especially pertaining to synapic transmission. Autocrine: referring to a signal that is secreted by a cell into its environment and that feeds back to the small cell. Paracrine: referring to cellular community in which a chemical signal difuses to nearby target cells through the intermediate extracellular space. Pheromone: a chemical signal that is released outside the body of an animal and afects other members of the same species.
