, the receptors within the endocrine gland register that there is enough hormone circulating and turn off production and/or release of any more hormone at some cut-off point, known as:

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• ____________________ refers to the point at which a stimulus is strong enough to be detected by activating sensory receptors.
• In females, a pituitary hormone stimulates production of _____________, which is essential to the hormonal chain reaction that triggers the release of ova from a woman’s ovaries, making her fertile.
• Which among the following is not a hormone secreted by thyroid gland?
• The endocrine system is the internal communication network in the body, and it uses chemical messengers called-----
• ___________________ structure serves as the main link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.
• The peanut-sized structure that is involved in diverse functions, including eating, drinking, frequency of sexual activity, fear, aggression, and exerting control over the secretion of endocrine hormones, is called the ________________.
• _________________ carries sensory information via afferent nerve fibers from receptors throughout the body to the brain and conducts information via efferent nerve fibers from the brain to muscles and glands.
• ___________________ is the long, thin, blunt sensory receptors that are highly sensitive to light but not color and are primarily responsible for peripheral vision and night vision.
• _________________ is the specialized sensory receptors for taste that are located on the tongue and inside the mouth and the throat.
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