Endocrine and Exocrine glands

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What is an Endocrine gland?
A gland that produces hormones that are released directly into the blood
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What is an Exocrine gland?
A gland hat produces hormones which are secreted into a duct (the duct then carries the secretion to the desired place)
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Which two types of hormones are not water soluble and therefor bind to receptors on the membrane of the cell?
protein and peptide hormones
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What type of hormone moves through the cell membrane and acts on the nucleus?
Steroid hormones
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What medium does the endocrine system use to transport hormones round the body?
Blood
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Give two examples on an endocrine gland
Pancreas and Adrenal Gland
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Give two examples of exocrine glands
Liver and sweat glands
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What is an Exocrine gland?

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A gland hat produces hormones which are secreted into a duct (the duct then carries the secretion to the desired place)

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Which two types of hormones are not water soluble and therefor bind to receptors on the membrane of the cell?

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What type of hormone moves through the cell membrane and acts on the nucleus?

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What medium does the endocrine system use to transport hormones round the body?

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