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Glands and hormones

Glands and hormones

You have hormone-producing glands in your body,

  • three in your brain,
  • seven in the rest of your body. 

Each is surrounded by a network of blood vessels from which they extract ingredients to make hormones. These are pumped out in tiny amounts into the bloodstream.

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