Function
What does melatonin do?
regulates sleep-wake cycle/makes you tired
At night a person starts to get sleepy, what hormone is causing this?
Melatonin
what gland is affected by graves disease?
Thyroid Gland
Where is adrenaline secreted from?
what is the name of the "master gland"
Pituitary Gland
what is the purpose of glycogen and insulin?
To raise or lower blood sugar levels.
A person sees a bear and their heart rate starts to go up what hormone causes this?
Adfenaline and norepinephrine
what is exophtalmos?
eyes start to bulge due to graves disease
where is calcitonin secreted from?
Thyroid Gland
what is the hormone responsible for fight or flight
adrenaline.
what is the funcition of ADH
To help retain water.
Your stranded in a desert and you want to keep as much water. What hormone should be produced to help?
ADH
what is cretinism?
Adult body proportions remain childlile due to lots of thyroxine
which organ does the hormone that helps with water relation begin to be produced?
Hypothalamus
How do the hormones spread through the body?
Through the blood stream.
What is the function of the testicles?
To produce testostrone and produce gametes.
a diabetic starts to have a have a high blood sugar level. What hormone should they inject into themselves.
Insulin
when the thyroid gland starts to swell up due to the increase of hormone to it what is the name of this condition?
Goiter
which system does oxytocin mostly help to stimulate?
Uterine
Are hormones quick and fast or slow and long?
Slow and long
what is the function of oxytocin?
To help with uterine muscle contraction.
A persons blood sugar starts to drop, what hormone would the body send out?
glucogen
what is the cause of myxedema
hyporhyroidism makes the person sluggish.
which organ realses the hormone in which it helps to raise calcium levels when its too low?
Parathyroid gland
where does the thyroid gland sit?
surrounding the throat?