Many adults living in the US become curious about doctor prescribed growth hormone replacement therapy when they begin to experience chronic symptoms, such as low energy, fatigue and low sex drive, that are frequently associated with your bodyâs declining growth hormone levels.
External, or exocrine, secretion is distinguished from internal, or endocrine, secretion. In external secretion the products elaborated by a gland are released into the external environment; the secretion first enters the glandular duct, from which it is discharged onto the surface of the body or into hollow organs.
Hormonal regulation of hormone release involves a hormone binding to its receptor on an endocrine cell to regulate hormonal secretion. A hormone that stimulates hormone secretion is called a tropic hormone. Tropic hormones may also stimulate proliferation of endocrine cells.Recall that endocrine secretion is whatever occurs to increase the amount of hormone in the circulation). An example is the hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) that stimulates secretion of the steroid hormone cortisol by cells of the zona fasciculata in the adrenal cortex.