Applied to organs whose function is to secrete a hormone into the blood or lymph to achieve a specific effect in another organ or part of the body. Examples of endocrine organs would be the pituitary, ovary, thyroid and pancreas.
Applied to organs whose function is to secrete a hormone into the blood or lymph to achieve a specific effect in another organ or part of the body. Examples of endocrine organs would be the pituitary, ovary, thyroid and pancreas.