Blood transport of hormones
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The blood carries the hormone from the secreting gland to a target organ where it produces an effect.
Once in the bloodstream, adrenaline travels to target organs and triggers rapid responses.
Topics that use Blood transport of hormones
- Human endocrine system (AQA GCSE)
- Negative feedback (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
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- Cellular respiration
- Endocrine cascades
- endocrine glands
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- metabolic rate
- Negative feedback
- Response to stress
- Target cells
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