Coordination and Response: Hormones and the Endocrine System

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YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:

1. Define a hormone as a chemical substance, produced by a gland, carried by the blood, which alters the activity of one or more specific target organs and is then destroyed by the liver.
2. State the role of the hormone adrenaline in boosting the blood glucose concentration and give examples of situations in which this may occur
3. Describe the signs (increased blood glucose concentration and glucose in urine) and treatment (administration of insulin) of diabetes mellitus.
   

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1. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM



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