How Steroid Hormones Work
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Objective
I can describe how steroid hormones affect cells.
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Warm-up video
TED-Ed · 5:04Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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The endocrine system uses glands, hormones, and cell receptors to regulate bodily processes.
- 2
The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate breathing rate, heartbeat, body temperature, and digestion.
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Hormones influence the production of brain chemicals like serotonin, which can cause changes in mood.
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Practice
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What are the three main components that the endocrine system relies on to function?
Describe how a hormone finds its target cells and what happens when it binds to a receptor.
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“Describe how hormones affect cells, according to the video.”
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