Hormones (https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000651)




Identifier
homoit0000651
Preferred Label
Hormones
English
Description
Regulatory substances produced in organisms and transported throughout the body to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action. Though hormones regulate digestion, respiration, sleep, and many other bodily functions, the term is most commonly used by the general public to describe the "sex hormones," or the hormones involved in puberty and sexual development, reproduction, and sexual desire.
English
Issued (Created)
2019-05-14 07:04:01 UTC
Modified
2021-12-08 09:35:19 UTC
Broader
Sex (Body) [homoit0001269]
Related
Steroidogenic factor 1 protein [homoit0002876]
Narrower
Androgens [homoit0002820]
Estrogen [homoit0000407]
Testosterone [homoit0001362]
Replaces
http://homosaurus.org/v2/hormones
LCSH Exact Match
Hormones [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061980]

Hierarchy Display

Sex (Body)
Hormones
Estrogen
Testosterone
Androgens


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