Hormones ASBMR

Description: Hormones are either small proteins (peptide hormones) or organic chemicals. The "classic" hormones are made in glands and travel to target organs via the bloodstream. Many other local hormones are made by one kind of cell, secreted into the surrounding fluid, to affect another kind of cell - - - or even to affect other cells of the same type. This page concentrates on the classic hormones made in the endocrine glands (parathyroid, thyroid, ovaries, testes, adrenal glands, and pituitary gland).