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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Hormones have many functions in the human body. They are the body messengers, which get produced in one part of the body, such as the thyroid, adrenal or pituitary glands that passes into the blood stream and go to other organs and tissues where they act to modify structures and functions.

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