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The endocrine system completes these tasks through its network of glands, which are small but highly important organs that produce, store, and secrete hormones.
The glands of the endocrine system are:
• Hypothalamus
• Pineal Gland
• Pituitary Gland
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Thymus
• Adrenal
• Pancreas
• Ovaries
• Testes
These glands produce different types of hormones that evoke a specific response in other cells, tissues, and/or organs located throughout the body. The hormones reach these faraway targets using the blood stream. Like the nervous system, the endocrine system is one of your body’s main communicators. But instead of using nerves to transmit information, the endocrine system uses blood vessels to deliver hormones to cells.
Titany answered the question on November 18, 2021 at 08:31