Human Anatomy & Physiology (9th Edition)

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Chapter 16 - The Endocrine System - Review Questions - Page 629: 11

Answer

(d) all of these

Work Step by Step

Hormones can target a specific organ to cause wider physiological effect such as prolactin which stimulates milk production during birth. It can also turn an inactive enzyme into an active one such as pancreatic islets which produce pancreatic hormones . The pancreatic islets are also a synthesis of two major populations of hormone-producing cells, the glucagon-synthesizing alpha (a) cells and the more numerous insulin-synthesizing beta (β) cells
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