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Why are hormones known as " chemical messengers "?

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Hormones are called chemical messengers because these are chemical compounds like proteins, steroids etc. These carry information from the organ from which they are secreted to other part of the body. It is for this reason that hormones  are called as chemical messengers.

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they transmit electrical impulses from one part of the body to the other though chemical and electrical impulses .thus they are called chemical messengers
 
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Why we don't feel it ?
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because the harmones have their effect at the sites which is different  from the sites they are made. harmone is produced in one part of the body but reacts on soe other part of the body
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They act only on the targetted organ... hope its usefull
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Hormones are the chemical messengers secreated by the endocrine glands such as adrenaline secreated by adrenal glands.


They are called so because the site where they act is away from the site of their production.


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