which produce hormones and which exploit the direct release of the latter into the blood, to diffuse them where their activity is required.
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Constituting the so-called endocrine system, the endocrine glands can be divided into two categories: the category of the major endocrine glands and the category of the minor endocrine glands.
The first category includes: hypothalamus, pituitary, epiphysis, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas and gonads; in the second category belong: heart, stomach, intestine, kidneys, thymus, adipose tissue and placenta, in women.