Terms: Chapter 45

Hormones

Endocrine System

Exocrine System

Target Cells

Hormone Receptors

Neurosecretory Cells

Control of Molting and Development in Insects

Ecdysone

Brain Hormone

Juvenile Hormone

Signal Transduction Pathway

Steroid and non-steroidal hormone pathways

Vertebrate Endocrine System

Tropic hormones

Hypothalamus

Pituitary
Pineal Gland

Melatonin

Thyroid gland

Pancreas *

Islets of Langerhans

Insulin

Beta Cells

Glucagon

Alpha Cells

Diabetes Mellitus

Type I (insulin dependent, juvenile onset)

Type II (Non-insulin dependent, Adult onset)

Adrenal Glands

Stress

Sex Hormones

Testes

Androgens

Ovaries

Estrogens

Progestins