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Endocrine Glands
secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream
Exocrine Glands
send chemical substances via ducts to the outside of the body
Hormones
chemical messengers
Receptors
are recognition sites in various targets tissues on which hormones act
Glands
located in many regions of the body and released into the bloodstream
Myasthenia Gravis
an auto immune neurologic muscular disease
Kidney
secretes ERYTHROPOIETIN
Placenta
secretes HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN
Gallbladder
secretes CHOLECYSTOKININ
Prostaglandins
contraction in uterus
found in semen
regulate body temperature
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kuxpiritu
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Endocrine System
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2010-12-17T05:35:42Z
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