The interrelationships between the endocrine and the nervous systems are especially apparent in

The interrelationships between the endocrine and the nervous systems are especially apparent in 

A) a neuron in the spinal cord.
B) a steroid-producing cell in the adrenal cortex.
C) a neurosecretory cell in the hypothalamus.
D) a brain cell in the cerebral cortex.
E) a cell in the pancreas that produces digestive enzymes.







Answer: C

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Biology

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