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Increased heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure
The body's physiologic response to stress
Endocrine Problems in children inhibits this.
Growth
Requires G-protein to activate enzymes inside a cell.
Nonsteroidal
Secretes epinephrine and aldosterone
Adrenal
Releases PTH
Parathyroid
Prolonged Stress inhibits the body's immune response by
Increasing the release of cortisol
Condition that might occur after pituitary gland is removed.
Hypothyroidism
Easily crosses a cell membrane.
Steroidal
Secretes calcitonin
Thyroid
Stimulates the contraction of the prostate and ductus deferens during male sexual arrousal
Oxytocin
Releases Atrial natriuretic peptide
Heart
Thyroid does not produce adequate amounts of thyroid hormones
Myxedema
Made of Amino Acids and do not cross Cell membranes easily
Secretes growth hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone
Anterior lobe of pituitary gland
Decreases blood sugar
Insulin
Congenital hypothyroidism
Cretinism
Excess growth hormone in children
Gigantism
Produced by many body organs and derived from lipid molecules and does not need to travel in bloodstream to find its target cell
Prostaglandins
Releases glucagon
Pancreas
Stimulates the body to retaining sodium and water and important for increasing blood pressure
Aldosterone
Too little growth hormone in childhood
Dwarfism
Excess growth hormone in adults
Acromegaly
Turns genes on or off in the nucleus
Steroidal
Releases antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin
Posterior lobe of pituitary gland
Increase energy production by cells stimulates protein synthesis and speeds up the repair of damaged tissues.
Thyroid Hormones