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What’s the Endocrine’s System Chemical Messenger?
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Hormones
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What is a hormone?
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Blood borne chemical messengers that have an effect on an anatomically distant target cell from the secreting cell
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What does a hormone do?
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Initiates or regulates the activity of an organ or group of cells
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What are the 2 major classifications of hormones?
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- Steroid hormones: adrenal and sex glands
- Amino acid derivatives |
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Where does a hormone respond to when endocrine system secretes it?
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Hormone is distributed in blood and binds to DISTANT target cells
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