peptides - A short chain of amino acids, steroid - A group of natural and synthetic hormones or lipids, target site - The tissue or organ on which the enzyme or hormone acts, target cell - Any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fibre, target tissue - A tissue upon which a hormone exerts its action; generally, a tissue with appropriate receptors for a hormone, target organ - An organ upon which a hormone exerts its action; generally, an organ with appropriate receptors for a hormone, adrenaline - A hormone involved in the fight or flight response, fight or flight response - A physiological reaction that involves the endocrine and nervous systems in response to a perceived harmful event, acute stress, attack, or threat to survival, thyroid stimulating hormone - A hormone that is released to enable the release of the hormone thyroxine, thyroxine - A hormone involved in thermoregulation, stimulates cellular metabolism and produces heat, osmoregulation - The control of the amount of water in the blood, tissue or cytoplasm of a cell, thermoregulation - Body temperature regulation, vasoconstriction - Narrowing of blood vessels, which increases blood pressure, vasodilation - Widening of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure, anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) - A hormone controls the amount of water that is conserved by the nephrons in the kidney, blood volume - The amount (volume) of blood (in ml or L) in the circulatory system, blood pressure - The pressure of the blood in the circulatory system, insulin - A hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates blood glucose levels; reduces blood glucose by stimulating target cells – muscle and liver – to take up glucose from the blood and store it, glycogen - Storage polysaccharide found in the liver of animals when excess glucose is present, glucagon - A hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates blood glucose levels; increases blood glucose by releasing stored sources including glycogen, diabetes - A disease that affects glucose homeostasis; unable to produce insulin or produce a less effective form,

Homeostasis Part 2

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