PATHOLOGY MCQ
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Another word for hormones.
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Organ where oxygen can pass through.
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Cells that removes materials from the blood, concentrates or alters them.
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A type of disease.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a Gland? The gland is a specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin that selectively removes materials from the blood, concentrates or alters them, and secretes them for further use in the body or for elimination from the body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Endocrine glands secrete hormones straight into the bloodstream.
Detailed explanation-3: -Endocrine glands are ductless glands and release the substances that they make (hormones) directly into the bloodstream. These glands form part of the endocrine system and information on them is included in this website. There is another type of gland called an exocrine gland (e.g. sweat glands, lymph nodes).
Detailed explanation-4: -Hormones act as chemical messengers that are released into the blood stream to act on an organ in another part of the body. Although hormones reach all parts of the body, only target cells with compatible receptors are equipped to respond.
Detailed explanation-5: -Holocrine Glands. Merocrine or Eccrine Glands. Apocrine Glands.