The most complex endocrine responses involve the
A) thyroid gland.
B) adrenal glands.
C) hypothalamus.
D) pancreas.
E) thymus.
C) hypothalamus.
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A. radiograph. B. CT scan. C. MRI. D. sonogram.
This is the dermal layer closest to the epidermis
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