Hormone's are the bodies chemical messangers! They travel through our wonderful bloodstream to organs as well as tissues. Mostly they work slowly over a perois of time, while doing many things such as, controling sexual function, mood, reproduction, growth and development, and last but not least the metabolism. (energy from foods we eat.)
Our magnificant endocrine glands make these special hormones. The big endocrine glands include the thymus, pituitary, adrenal, pineal, pancreas, and throid. Men are in the testes and the women are in the ovaries.
In the cell or even the entire body, hormones use just a tiny amount while the changes are HUGE, meaning too much or even too little in these changes throughout the body can be considered life threatening and quite serious. The two main types are steroid and proteins. Proteins are hydrophilic, they bind to receptors on the surface of a target cell. While the steroid's are hydrophobic, these serve as receptors.
We can't forget that hormones begin to regulate homeostasis.
I can remember back in the 6th or 7th grade, when the hormones were going crazy! Never knowing what to expect. If it was going to be a good day, or one of those dreadful bad..down in the dumps' day. Thank goodness these hormones took bit of a vacation for a while..or I should say, the hormones are under control.
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