Select the word that best completes the statement about health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa). hipaa requires “covered entities” to protect the and security of individuals’ personal health information.

hormones in blood stream

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endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood stream near them; the hormones then travel in our bloodstream until it reaches its destination, called a target cell, in distance parts of the body. in the target tissue, hormones lock onto the target’s plasma membrane, called the receptor site.

thinking it would be physical characteristics