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Endocrine System

"Endocrine System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The system of glands that release their secretions (hormones) directly into the circulatory system. In addition to the ENDOCRINE GLANDS, included are the CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM and the NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Endocrine System" by people in this website by year, and whether "Endocrine System" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 13 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2011 and 2013
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