Define the following: (a) Exocrine glands (b) Target site (c) Menarche (d) Menopause
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A. Exocrine glands are glands that produce and secrete substances onto an epithelial surface by way of a duct. Examples of exocrine glands include sweat, salivary, mammary, ceruminous, lacrimal, sebaceous, and mucous.
B. Thedefinition is context-dependent, and can refer to the biological target of a pharmacologically active drug compound, the receptor target of a hormone (like insulin), or some othertarget of an external stimulus.
C. Menarche is the medical term for a woman's first menstruation, commonly known as her first period. Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the uterine wall. Most women can recall the exact details of when this happened and how they felt. It may be exciting or scary for some, but this part of development frequently has an effect on girls because it marks the physical change from adolescence to adulthood. Menarche is a signal that a woman's body is able to become pregnant.
D. A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s.
B. Thedefinition is context-dependent, and can refer to the biological target of a pharmacologically active drug compound, the receptor target of a hormone (like insulin), or some othertarget of an external stimulus.
C. Menarche is the medical term for a woman's first menstruation, commonly known as her first period. Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the uterine wall. Most women can recall the exact details of when this happened and how they felt. It may be exciting or scary for some, but this part of development frequently has an effect on girls because it marks the physical change from adolescence to adulthood. Menarche is a signal that a woman's body is able to become pregnant.
D. A natural decline in reproductive hormones when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s.
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