{"id":7347,"date":"2022-05-07T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/?page_id=7347"},"modified":"2022-05-07T22:08:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T22:08:30","slug":"hormones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/index.php\/campus-humanbio\/regulation\/endocrine\/hormones\/","title":{"rendered":"7a2 Hormones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hormones<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hormone Objectives<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Describe what hormones are, including how they travel through the body and impact target cells.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    List the hormones produced by various endocrine organs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Hormones are molecules that cause cells to do something.\u00a0 When you think of a hormone, there are some familiar names like testosterone, estrogen, or growth hormone.\u00a0 All of these are chemicals that are released by cells that cause other cells to make products, grow, divide, or perform a number of other functions.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Most people assume that the nervous system does most of the controlling of body functions.\u00a0 However, hormones from endocrine cells also have significant impact as we will see in this section.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Understanding hormones is so critical within the endocrine system, we are beginning this section by reiterating some of the messages from the previous section (webpage) and introducing examples of hormones and their functions.<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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