PSY 242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Sex Steroid, Anterior Pituitary
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Men are men and women are women assumption debunked. Sex hormones have developmental and activational effects. Endocrine glands are the organs whose primary function is to release hormones. Other organs release hormones, and thus are a part of the endocrine system. Exocrine glands: release chemicals into ducts, which carry them to their targets, mostly on the surface of the body (e. g. sweat glands) Endocrine glands (ductless glands): release their chemicals, which are called hormones, directly into the circulatory system; hormone travels via the circulatory system until it reaches the target on which it normally exerts its effect. After copulation, a sperm may fertilize an ovum to form a zygote. Sex chromosomes: contain the genetic programs that direct sexual development. Sex (xx or xy) determined by father as the mother can only contribute x. Amino acid derivatives hormones: hormones that are synthesized in a few simple steps from an amino acid molecule (e. g. epinephrine)
