A hormoneChemical messenger produced in glands and carried by the blood to specific organs in the body. is a chemical substance, produced by a glandAn organ or tissue that makes a substance for release, such as a hormone. and carried by the blood, which alters the activity of specific target organs (and is then destroyed by the liver).
Different hormones affect different organs or cells.
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