Hormone+Notes+PK

Hormone and Diabetes Notes

Two Kinds - Steriod: lipid based - Peptide: Protein based

- Slower than nerves - Go through blood

Types: estrogen, testosterone, melatonin,

How does a Hormone Work: - start with secreting cell - secretes hormone into blood vessel - travels through blood, through entire body

WHere are hormones? pineal glad, hypothalamus/pituitary, thyroid gland, thymus, adrenal gland, pancreas, ovaries, testes

Where are the target cells? Where are adrenaline target cells? - heart cells, muscle cells

Where are estrogen target cells? - breast, ovaries

Diabetes: What is it? - Related to insulin (hormone that regulates blood sugar)

Type One: - Body does not make insulin.

Type Two: - No receptor.

Day Two:

Hormones and Receptors -Hormones only send the signal to matching cell's receptors

Insulin - it is a chemical that signals cells to take up sugar 1. eat 2. pancreas detects sugar in blood, releases insulin

Diabetes: - symptoms is high blood sugar = hyperglycemia Symptoms - vision affected, urinate (because of hyperglycemia, excess sugar in urine, sweet taste ew), thirsty vision,

Diabetes Type 1: - usually found in children, insulin daily
 * where do we get insulin? used to be animals, now genes*

Diabetes Type 2: - middle aged or older adults, - insulin resistence - canot make a connection problem w the receptor - pancreas gets tired