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Hormones |
chemical messages that allow slow communication between distant cells in the body. no useful for controlling rapid actions control longer term physiological processes |
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Endocrine cells |
Hormone secreting cells secrete hormones into the interstitial space and or blood stream |
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Exocrine Cells |
cells secrete cells into ducts that are connected to the outside world |
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Epithelial Cells |
face the outside world |
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Endorcrine Glands |
secrete circulating hormones |
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Autorine Cells |
Bind to the receptors on the same cell that secrete them |
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Paracrine cells |
affect cells in the immediate vicinity bind to receptors on nearby cells |
