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P -L T L Module 13: Endocrine System: Hormones and Receptors
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Short Description: Activity E. Regulation in Health and Disease. The strength of the endocrine system is its ability to regulate organ system function within rather narrow ...
Content Inside: V olume 7, Is s ue 3 The Wor kshop Pr oj e c t Ne w sl e tte r S pr in g 2 00 6 P R O G R E S S I O N S : P E E R - L E D T E A M L E A R NI N G Module 13: Endocrine System: Hormones and Receptors Nichole McDaniel, Ph.D. I. Introduction The endocrine system combines many of the concepts that you've already encountered in the course: integration and control, cell-to-cell communication, homeostasis and feedback, membrane transport, cell signaling, and transcription and translation. In addition, the endocrine system connects with and controls numerous systems in our body: from digestive to cardiovascular and from nervous to musculoskeletal. In this module you'll begin to put these pieces together to see how one system can connect to and integrate so many other systems. To understand how the endocrine system functions, you'll explore the various hormone pathways, the types of hormones and receptors, and the ways that hormone signals are regulated. Prepare for your workshop by reading in your textbook (Chapter 17: 636-670) and completing the Pre- Workshop Activities below, really! Show your work in these pages. II. Pre-Workshop Activities Activity A. Define the following terms. gap junctions target cell paracrine steroid hormones endocrine peptide Activity B. Cell Communication. Define and then come up with analogies for the following methods of cell-to-cell communication (think about how you might relate these to every-day activities in order to explain them to someone else who isn't taking this class...radio? telephone? something else?). Gap junctions: Neurotransmitters: Paracrine hormones: Peer-Led Team Learning: Anatomy and Physiology, Module 13: The Endocrine System: Hormones and Receptors, Page 1 Nichole McDaniel -- Progressions, V.7, No. 3, Spring 2006 www.pltl.org
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