Define General Hormones

General hormones, on the other hand, are emptied into the blood by specific endocrine glands and then flow throughout the entire circulation to affect cells and organs in far distant part of the body referred to as endocrine influence.

Examples of general hormones are thyroid hormone and adrenocortical hormone etc. Some general hormones affect all cells almost equally, others affect specific cells. For example, growth hormone secreted from anterior pituitary gland affects all cells of the body, whereas, gonadotrophic hormone from the anterior pituitary gland affects the sex organs much more than the other.