Most endocrine organs are prodded into action by other hormones; this type of stimulus is called ________.
A) hormonal stimulus
B) humoral stimulus
C) neural stimulus
D) receptor-mediated stimulus
E) steroid stimulus

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Hormonal stimulus is the type of stimulus that prods most endocrine organs into action by other hormones. Humoral stimulus refers to changes in the composition of the extracellular fluid, neural stimulus involves nerve fibers stimulating hormone release, receptor-mediated stimulus refers to the binding of a ligand to a receptor on an endocrine cell, and steroid stimulus is not a recognized type of stimulus for endocrine organs.

Most Endocrine Organs Are Prodded into Action by Other Hormones;