Hormones

What is a hormone?

• An electrical impulse

• A chemical messenger

• An organ

• A gland in our bodies

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

How does a hormone know which cell to interact with?

• It just guesses

• The cell has special receptors

• The brain sends a message to the cell

• Every hormone works on every cell equally

What is the male sex hormone called?

• Arenalin

• Oestrogen

• Testosterone

• Melatonin

Steroid hormones...

• Enter the cell to bind with receptors

• Bind with receptors on cell membrane

Non-steroid hormones..

• Enter cell to bind with receptors

• Bind with receptors on cell membrane

The endocrine system uses chemical signals/messages called ____________.

• Hormones

• Enzymes

• Glands

• Neurons

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following acts as a part of both the nervous and the endocrine systems?

• The hypothalamus

• The thymus

• The pancreas

• The myelin sheath

Hormones like insulin and ADH are produced in ___________.

• Endocrine glands

• Exocrine glands

• Steroid glands

• Nonsteroid glands