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