If a portion of the pancreas is surgically removed from a rat and the rat subsequently loses its appetite,one explanation is that the removed portion contains cells that secrete a chemical signal that somehow stimulates appetite.Given this scenario,what type of chemical signaling is occurring?

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Endocrine signaling involves the secretion of hormones by endocrine cells that travel through the bloodstream to target cells in distant parts of the body. In this scenario, the removed portion of the pancreas may have contained endocrine cells that secreted a hormone involved in appetite regulation, thereby leading to the rat's loss of appetite.

If a Portion of the Pancreas Is Surgically Removed from a Rat