NEET Biology question

BiologyChemical Coordination and IntegrationNEET

Match the following columns.

| Column-I | Column-II | |---|---| | (A) Endocrine action | (1) Hormone acts locally | | (B) Autocrine action | (2) Hormone acts on a distant target | | (C) Paracrine action | (3) Hormone acts on the same cell which produces it |

Answer: (A)

Solution

Endocrine action involves a hormone travelling through the blood to act on a distant target tissue (A-2); autocrine action occurs when a hormone acts back on the very cell that secreted

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