Question

The English physiologists, who coined the term hormone are___ and _____.

Answer 1

Hint: It is very well known that these are the chemical substances that are produced in an organism at one place and are carried to all other sites through tissue fluids. These fluids can be blood, lymph, etc that has the capability to circulate to visceral organs as well. They serve as main carriers that take the hormones from their site of origin to the site of action.

Complete Answer:
- In the above question we need to give the names of the physiologists who coined the term hormone.
- Wm.M. Baylin and Earnest Starling were the two physiologists that worked in collaboration and then coined the term hormone.
- First hormone was discovered in 1902. These help the world by giving a proper name to one of the most important substances.
- There are more than 200 types of hormones that have been discovered till date.
- Hormones have majorly divided into three classes: amines (simple molecules); proteins and peptides (made from chain of amino acids) and lastly steroids (derived from cholesterol).

Note: It is noted that hormones have a major function to play as they regulate various processes in the body of an organism as well as coordinate them perfectly. Hormones help in maintaining the sexual cycle in the organisms. There are many hormones present such as estrogen, insulin; testosterone, prolactin, etc. are some of them. They work on a wide variety of organs.