Communication & Homeostasis - Hormones

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Across
  1. 4. A hormone secreted by a-cells in response to low blood sugar levels
  2. 5. Most of the cells in the Islets of Langerhans
  3. 6. Glucose in the liver -> glycogen for storage
  4. 7. Has glycoproteins with complimentary shapes to a hormone
  5. 8. A posh word for liver cells
  6. 11. Groups of a-cells and B-cells
  7. 13. Amino acids + fats -> glucose
  8. 15. A group of cells wich can detect a hormone
  9. 16. Secretion through ducts
  10. 17. Chemical messengers
  11. 18. Secretion directly into the blood without ducts
  12. 19. E.g. cAMP which transmits a signal inside the cell
  13. 22. Secreted by B-cells
  14. 23. A second messenger (or Billy)
  15. 24. Storage sugar
Down
  1. 1. Fight or flight hormone
  2. 2. Secrete Insulin
  3. 3. Hormones not soluble to phospholipid bilayer
  4. 5. Becomes an active enzyme when a hormone-receptor complex forms
  5. 9. Glands on top of the kidneys
  6. 10. Hormones which transmits a signal around the body by binding to receptors
  7. 12. Reversal of a change to the internal environment
  8. 14. Hormones which are soluble to the phospholipid bilayer
  9. 20. C6H12O6
  10. 21. Forms a complex with hormones