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What are ductless organs or group of cells that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream?
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∙ 11y ago
Endocrine glands. This is the basis of your endocrine system which secretes hormones into the blood stream directly without using ducts.
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Is Endocrine and exocrine glands both secrete their products through ducts?
No. Exocrine glands have tubes (ducts) leading from them to some other body part or cavity. Endocrine glands are ductless and secrete their substances.... mostly hormones..... into the intercellular space and these hormones are then picked up by the bloodstream and transported throughout the body to where they are needed.
What is the branch of medical science concerned with the glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream?
endocrinology
What does 'secreted hormones' mean?
Organs and glands secrete hormones, which means they release them into the bloodstream.
What body system carries hormones through the body?
The bloodstream. The way it works is that endocrine glands secrete hormones into the circulatory system. In that way they are carried throughout the body.
What is the difference between endocrine and exocrine glands?
Endocrine glands secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream. Exocrine glands secrete their hormones into a duct that leaves the body externally: for example, sweat glands empty onto the skin. Endocrine gland secretes compounds (hormones) into the blood. Exocrine gland secretes compounds outside of the body (including into the GI tract since the GI tract is topologically outside of the body). Exocrine glands have ducts that carry their secretory product to a surface. These glands include the sweat, sebaceous, and mammary glands and, the glands that secrete digestive enzymes.The endocrine glands do not have ducts to carry their product to a surface. They are called ductless glands. The word endocrine is derived from the Greek terms "endo," meaning within, and "krine," meaning to separate or secrete. The secretory products of endocrine glands are called hormones and are secreted directly into the blood and then carried throughout the body where they influence only those cells that have receptor sites for that hormone.
Why are the endocrine glands called ductless glands?
Because an endocrine glad does not have a tube through which it delivers hormone to the body. They just release their hormones into the space around the gland, which diffuse into the blood stream.
What are ductless glands part of?
Ductless glands are part of the endocrine system. The endocrine glands secrete hormones. Because they have no ducts they secrete their hormones directly into the circulatory system.
What are the Ductless glands that secrete hormones known as?
Glands that secrete hormones do that into the blood, not into ducts. Hormones are not secreted into ducts. glands that secrete into ducts are called exocrine glands. Glands that secrete hormones are endocrine glands.
Is Endocrine and exocrine glands both secrete their products through ducts?
No. Exocrine glands have tubes (ducts) leading from them to some other body part or cavity. Endocrine glands are ductless and secrete their substances.... mostly hormones..... into the intercellular space and these hormones are then picked up by the bloodstream and transported throughout the body to where they are needed.
What is the branch of medical science concerned with the glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream?
endocrinology
How do your hormones travel?
The endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. The hormones then travel to target tissues via the circulatory system.
Ductless glands that secrete hormones are called?
Endocrine glands
Do the pancreatic islets secrete their hormones into the same duct system by the exocrine secretory cells?
No. The islets are endocrine and secrete their products directly into the bloodstream.
What is Ductless glands secrete?
Ductless glands are glands that secrete there product directly onto a surface rather than through a duct.
What chemical substance secreted by an endocrine gland directly into the blood stream?
Endocrine glands secrete chemicals called hormones directly into the bloodstream, influencing the activity of the muscles and organs.
What is the endrocine system?
There are many systems in a living beings body. The Endocrine is a series of glands in an organism that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.
What does 'secreted hormones' mean?
Organs and glands secrete hormones, which means they release them into the bloodstream.
