Students will be able to describe major actions of each hormone on target cells.

Students will be able to describe pathways for synthesis and inactivation for steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, and catecholamines.

Students will be able to describe the control of synthesis and secretion for each hormone, including feedback relationships.

Students will be able to describe major signaling pathways in target cells for each hormone.

Students will be able to describe methodologies used to test hypotheses in study of problems in endocrinology.

Students will be able to describe and recognize etiology and clinical symptoms of the major endocrine diseases