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| a glucocorticoid stress hormone of the adrenal cortex |
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| referring to a signal that is secreted by a cell into its environment and that feeds back into the same cell |
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| a tropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the production in release of hormones of the adrenal cortex |
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| the rear division of the pituitary gland |
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| a chemcial signal that is released outside the body of an animal and affects other members of the same species (sexy smells) |
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| cellular communication in which a chemical signal diffuses to nearby target cells through the intermediate extracellular space |
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| a gonadatropin named for its stimulatory affects on the ovarian corpora lutea |
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| class of hormones that are composed of a single amino acid that has been modified into a related molecule such as melatonin or epinephrine |
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| a class of steroid hormones released by adrenal cortex that affect carbohydrate metabolism and inflammation |
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| a gland that secretes products into the blood stream. They are products to act on distant targets |
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| cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a second messenger activated in target cells in response to synaptic or hormonal stimulation |
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| a class of hormones that includes testosterone and other male hormones |
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| an amine hormone that is released by the pineal gland |
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| referring to the secretory functions of neurons, especially pertaining to synaptic transmission |
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| a class of hormones each of which is composed of 4 interconnected rings of carbon atoms |
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| sexual organs; ovaries or testes which produce gametes for reproduction |
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| a secretory gland of the brain midline the source of melatonin release |
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| gland whose secretions exit the body via ducts |
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| front division of the pituitary gland; secretes tropic hormones |
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| the primary type of progestine secreted by the ovary |
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| class of steroid hormones produced by female gonads |
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| the property by which some of the output of a system feeds back to reduce the affect of input signals |
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| hormone released from the posterior pituitary that triggers milk let down in the nursing female |
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| hypothalamic hormone that controls the release of luteinizing hormone and follicle--stimulating hormone from the pituitary |
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