Local hormones are
A) released from a nerve cell and then diffuse across a synaptic gap to influence the target cells.
B) released by a cell into the surrounding interstitial fluid and affect only other nearby cells.
C) electrical signals that move between adjacent cells.
D) released from gap junctions directly into the cytoplasm of the connected cell.
E) released from one cell and transferred via the blood to target cells throughout the body.
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