#hormone notes

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Hypothalamus Hormones Response

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Hormone Characteristics

-- produced in small quantities

-- have significant effects

-- secreted into the intracellular space

-- transported some distance into the circulatory system

-- acts on target tissues elsewhere by binding to receptors and proteins

-- regulate activities of body structures

-- ligands is a general term for chemical signals

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