Regulation of Body Processes by Hormones
Hormones have a wide range of effects and modulate many different body…
How Hormones Work ?
Hormones mediate changes in target cells by binding to specific hormone receptors. In…
The Endocrine System
Figure 18.1. The process of amphibian metamorphosis, as seen in the tadpole-to-frog…
Hearing and Vestibular Sensation
Audition, or hearing, is important to humans and to other animals for…
Reception and Transduction
Odorants (odor molecules) enter the nose and dissolve in the olfactory epithelium, the…
Somatosensation
Somatosensation is a mixed sensory category and includes all sensation received from…
Encoding and Transmission of Sensory Information
Four aspects of sensory information are encoded by sensory systems: the type…
