Chapter 17: Functional Organization of the Endocrine System

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active transport

acute regulation

adenohypophysis

adenylate cyclase

adrenal gland

amino acid

amplitude modulation

anion

anterior pituitary gland

autocrine

cAMP

cascade effect

cation

cGMP

chemical messenger

cholesterol

chronic regulation

competition

concentration

conjugation

cyclic regulation

DAG

diffusion

DNA

down-regulation

endocrine gland

enzyme

epinephrine

excretion

exocrine gland

extracellular

fatty acid

frequency modulation

gated ion channel

gene

glycoprotein

gonad

G-protein

gradient

half-life

homeostasis

hormone

hydrophilic

hydrophobic

hypophysis

hypothalamohypophyseal portal system

hypothalamohypophyseal tract

hypothalamus

infundibulum

inhibitory

interstitial fluid

intracellular

intracellular receptor

ion

ion channel

IP3

kinase

ligand

ligand-gated ion channel

lipid

lipophilic

lipophobic

membrane-bound receptor

metabolism

mRNA

negative feedback

neurohormone

neurohypophysis

neuromodulator

neurotransmitter

non-polar

norepinephrine

nuclear envelope

ovary

pancreas

paracrine

parahormone

parathyroid gland

pars distalis

pars intermedia

pars tuberalis

peptide

pheremone

phosphate

phosphodiesterase

phospholipid bilayer

phosphorylation

pineal body

pituitary gland

plasma

plasma membrane

plasma protein

polar

polypeptide

portal system

posterior pituitary gland

protein

receptor

receptor site

releasing hormone

saturation

secretion

secretion rate

sella turcica

specificity

sphenoid bone

steroid

stimulatory

stimulus

target tissue

testis

thymus

thyroid gland

up-regulation

α subunit

β subunit

γ subunit