Why are hormones called chemical messengers?
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The human body secretes and circulates some 50 different hormones. A wide variety of these chemical substances are produced by endocrine cells, most of which are in glands. The hormonesthen enter the blood system to circulate throughout the body and activate target cells.
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A chemical messenger may refer to:
⭐Hormone, Long range chemical messenger.
Neurotransmitter, communicates to adjacent cells.
⭐Neuropeptide, a protein sequence which acts as a hormone or neurotransmitter.
⭐Pheromone, a chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
==>Hormones are chemicals substances secreted by the endocrine glands. Endocrine glands secrete hormone in small amount. It coordinate the activities of all living organisms and also their growth. They are secreted in one part of the body and carried by the blood to another part where they stimulate or inhibit specific physiological processes.
Hormones are called chemical messengers because the hormones have their effect at the sites different from the sites where they are made. Hormone is produced in one part of the body but it acts on some other parts of body.