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13 Cards in this Set
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all endocrine glands
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secrete hormones
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endocrine glands are ______ and secrete their contents_____into the______
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ductless;directly;blood
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hormone
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a substance that affects cells in other parts of the body
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3 types of endocrine glands:
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follicular, neuronic, cell mass and cell cord
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follicular glands
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found in the thyroid
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neuronic glands
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found in the pituitary
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call mass and cell core glands
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are found in the adrenal glands
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exocrine glands (aka______)
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(ducted glands) secrete thir contects into a duct system that makes the contents avaliable to the lumen
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exocrine glands consist of:
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sweat glands, mammary glands, sebaceous glands, salivary glands, the stomach and liver have them also
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3 types of exocrine glands
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merocrine glands, apocrine glands, holocrine glands
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mexocrine glands
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cells that secrete their sucstances by exocytosis`
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apocrine glands
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a portion of the cell's body is lost during secretion
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holocrine glands
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the entire cell disintegrates to secrete its substances
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