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BIO 377 Carla #1

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In chemical communication between cells, a _____ cell secretes a chemical messenger that binds to ____ on the ____ cell.   secretory Receptors target  
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Direct communication between cells in contact with one another is accomplished through   gap junctions  
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Which is the most general type of chemical messenger that is released form one cell and binds to receptors on neighboring cells?   paracrine  
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Which type of chemical messenger, when released, binds to receptors on the cell that released the chemical messenger?   autocrine  
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Which type of chemical messenger is released into the bloodstream by an endocrine gland where it can affect target cells throughout the body?   hormone  
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Which type of chemical messenger is released from the axon terminal of a neuron and directly stimulates other cells?   neurotransmitter  
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Communication across a synapse is initiated by the release of a neurotransmitter from ____ region of the neuron   axon terminal  
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Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone), which is released from the posterior pituitary, is an example of this type of chemical messenger   neurohormone  
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Interlukins and interferons are examples of _____ released form white blood cells   cytokine  
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Which of the following classes of chemical messengers moves to the target cell by diffusion? paracrine hromone neurotransmitter both paracrine and neurotransmitter all of these   both paracrine and neurotransmitter  
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Which of the following classes of chemical messengers travels in the bloodstream to the target cell paracrine hormone neurotransmitter both paracrine and hormone all of these   hormone  
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Which of the following chemical messengers is lipophilic   prostaglandin  
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Histamine acts as a(n) ___ in inflammation   paracrine  
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Which of the following chemical messengers is not derived from an amino acid? a. epinephrine b. testosterone c. histamine d. thyroid hormones e. both testosterone and thyroid hormones   testosterone  
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For which of the following chemical classes do all the messengers function as hormones?   steroids  
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Release of which of the following classes of chemical messengers occurs by exocytosis?   catecholamines  
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catecholamines are derived from what amino acid   tryosine  
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thyroid hormones are synthesized from what amino acid   tryosine  
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which of the following classes of chemical messengers is stored in secretory vesicle   both catecholamines and peptides/proteins  
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one a steroid is synthesized, it is _______.   immediately capable of diffusing across a membrane  
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where in the cell are peptide/protein messengers packaged into secretory vesicles   golgi apparatus  
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an equilibrium exists between a hormone that is bound to a carrier protein and a free hormone such that, as the amount of free hormone increases, ____.   more free hormone will become bound to carrier proteins  
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Hormones that are dissolved in blood typically exhibit a half-life on the order of ____, whereas hormones that are bound to carrier proteins can remain undegraded for_____.   minutes : hours  
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The adrenergic receptor has the greatest affinity for____.   epinephrine and norepinephrine equally  
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chronic exposure to a ligand (messenger) ____ the receptor population for tthat chemical messenger on the target cell   downregulates  
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Lipophilic hormones are transported in blood _____ and bind to receptors located _____.   bound to carrier proteins proteins : inside the target cell  
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a molecule that is similar in structure to a ligand (messenger and binds with that ligand's receptor to stimulate a response from the target cell is called a(n) _____.   agonist  
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the affinity of a receptor for its ligand is a measure of   the strength of binding between ligand and receptor  
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