Biology GCSE
Endocrine cascades
What Endocrine cascades means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Endocrine cascades
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Hormones from the pituitary travel in the blood to other endocrine glands and stimulate those glands to secrete their own hormones.
Topics that use Endocrine cascades
- Human endocrine system (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Blood transport of hormones
- endocrine glands
- Target cells
- Target organ specificity
- Direct secretion into the bloodstream
- Ductless versus ducted secretion
- Glands as endocrine organs
- Hormonal responses
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