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Endocrine Glands

"Endocrine Glands" 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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Ductless glands that secrete HORMONES directly into the BLOOD CIRCULATION. These hormones influence the METABOLISM and other functions of cells in the body.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Endocrine Glands" by people in this website by year, and whether "Endocrine Glands" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1995 and 1997 and 1999 and 2005 and 2009
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