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Hormones and Endocrine Glands

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Explain how hormones regulate endocrine glands.

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The solution defines the terms hormone and endocrine gland. After the definitions are provided, the solution briefly describes how a hormone can regulate an endocrine gland.

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In order to explain how hormones regulate endocrine glands it helps to define the terms in your statement,

Hormones: Hormones are chemical messengers that helps regulate or control the activity of other tissues and organs.

Endocrine Gland: A gland is an organ that secretes a chemical. An endocrine gland is a duct-less gland that secretes hormones into the blood stream. By secreting ...

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