01:119:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Exocrine Gland, Paracrine Signalling, Extracellular Fluid

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1: they are generally longer lasting responses, they tend to be more generalized, they regulate metabolism and growth and development and reproduction and behavior. It is a diverse system; a collection of cells, tissues, and organs they all have a function of secreting hormones. 5: hormones, chemical messenger, they are secreted into body fluids mostly in blood, they have a very specific action on things called target tissues. Eudocrine system: characteristics of the endocrine system. Iii: ex: sweat, mucus, digestive enzymes, endocrine glands, are ductless glands and tissues that release hormones, work with nervous system they regulate metabolic activities and maintain homeostasis(means the internal is balanced) Types of endocrine signaling figure 49-3: endocrine signaling; endocrine glands that are comprised of endocrine cells. The hormones are secreted into and transported by the blood: neuroendocrine signaling; they are comprised of neuroendocrine cells; neurons that produce hormones that are called neurohormones.

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