The Endocrine System

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set is associated with an element (8)
  2. 10. Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas (7)
  3. 11. Located near the base of the neck (7)
  4. 12. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (plural) (6)
  5. 13. A steroid hormone produced in the ovary (12)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts (5)
  2. 2. Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent (6)
  3. 3. The secretion of an ___ gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (9)
  4. 4. The organ that bears the ovules of a flower (plural) (7)
  5. 5. A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing (6)
  6. 6. The master gland of the endocrine system (9)
  7. 8. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)
  8. 9. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (plural) (8)