Biological Science
Biological Science
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ISBN: 9780321743671
Author: Scott Freeman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 49, Problem 6TYK
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The correctness and incorrectness of the statement, “In hormone systems, feedback inhibition occurs when the presence of a hormone inhibits release of the hormone.”

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The secretion of hormones is controlled by different mechanisms to maintain the homeostasis. Often at many instances, hormone secretion is required to be inhibited and sometimes its secretion is required to be increased. Feedback mechanisms are involved in all such regulations of secretion of hormones.

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