A castaway on a deserted island puts a message in a bottle and throws it into the ocean, hoping it will wash up on some inhabited shore and bring help.In endocrine signaling, the castaway is analogous to a(n)
A) autocrine signal.
B) artery.
C) carrier protein.
D) receptor.
E) gland.

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In endocrine signaling, the gland is analogous to the castaway because it releases hormones (messages) into the bloodstream (ocean) in hopes that they will reach and be recognized by the appropriate target cells (inhabited shore) to elicit a response.

A Castaway on a Deserted Island Puts a Message in a Bottle