• Question: how do hormones work?

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      Asked by wicked 912 to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Shreesha on 18 Mar 2015.
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        Shreesha Bhat answered on 18 Mar 2015:

        Hormones have target receptors in specific organ cells, which they bind to (just like lock and key) and act as per their functions.

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        Peter Maskell answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        hormones are chemical messengers that usually circulate in the blood and control things like energy production, storage and use. they are also involved in stress and adaptation to new environments.

        hormones effects can be divided into 2 groups those that work quickly (like insulin to help glucose storage) and slowly (like sex hormones (testosterone/oestrogen).

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        Anaïs Pujol answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        They work like messengers (a chemical one) to allow organs to communicate between them. They travel in our body by the blood (really quick few seconds). As soon the organs receive the message, it will react according to it. Hormones will interact with specific receptor localised on cells and when the message is delivered they will be destroyed by our body.

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