The _________________ secretes hormones that affect the functioning of other glands as well as hormones that act directly on physical processes.

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• Endocrine glands are called ductless glands because they secrete their hormones:
• The hormones released by the anterior pituitary are usually stimulating hormones but one of them acts directly on target cells:
• The ______________ system is made up of glands located throughout the body and uses chemical messengers called hormones to transmit information from one part of the body to another.
• ______________ is a communication system composed of glands located throughout the body that secrete hormones into the blood stream.
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• _________________ 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.
• ____ in the spinal cord that carry information from the brain to muscles and glands throughout the body.
• ________________ are the chemical messengers that are secreted into the bloodstream by endocrine glands.
• Stimulation, either directly or by chemical messages from other neurons, produces ___________________, a basic type of signal within neurons.
• ___________________ is based on the idea that sensory information can be detected by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.