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How do hormones travel through the body? do they enter the blood stream via capillary, travel through the lymphatic system, etc.?

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Blood stream: Most go through the blood stream. Many act locally or even in the same cell where they are produced, and what's in the blood is just spill over.

Answered 4/27/2020

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Yes: They pass through cell walls into ducts, blood stream and sometimes lymphatics.

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