Ull biol 220 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

4 principle avenues of communication in the body - 1. gap junctions (cytoplasm to cytoplasm) 2. neurotransmitter (synaptic cleft) 3. paracrines 4. hormones absorption of fats - 1. enter brush border cells through diffusion 2. enter the ER and recombined into triglycerides 3. in the golgi, triglycerides, cholesterol and phospholipids are packaged into protein coated chylomicrons 4. chylomicrons are released by exocytosis and enter lacteal (lymphatic capillary) acromegaly - a pituitary di...