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What are target tissues?

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when the chemicals arrive in the right places, the target tissues, they start to do their work.

a group of cells that have receptors embedded in the plasma membrane that are complementary in shape to specific hormone molecules. Only these cells will respond to that specific hormone.

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Target tissues and organs are those who cannot produce their own hormones rather hormones are targeted towards them from the pituitary gland.The hypothalamus send signals to the anterior pituitary gland which releases hormones and those hormones are carried by the blood to target tissues

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A tissue or organ upon which a hormone exerts its action; generally, a tissue or organ with appropriate receptors for a hormone.

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