A disorder that can occurr when your pancreas does not produce enough insulin.
What is Diabetes?
Too much of a good thing is not something your body systems like. Balance and equilibrium are the state of this that you crave...
What is homeostasis?
Referred to as the control center of hormones, this midbrain organ is a serious commander.
What is the hypothalamus?
Hormones are the brains agent for communicating messenges that control and regulate the rates of bodily processes. Each of these hormones have a corresponding partner and can only be received by these type of cells.
What are target cells?
What is the pituatry gland?
A result of the Growth Hormone imbalance can lead to some shortcomings. All Snow White's 7 Dwarves can tell you a little something about this.
What is Dwarfism?
When your blood sugar goes up, this hormone kicks into gear to make sure you break it down into some much needed glucose.
What is glucagon?
It may be pea-sized, but the pituatry gland is responsible for releasing 9 of these...
These structures are found on the lipid bi-layer of cells and are the "attaching stations" of hormones so that they can enter the cell so hormones can perform their effects.
What are receptors?
This hormone is responsible for sexual development of females and secondary sexual characteristics and a deficiency may result in infertility.
What is estrogen?
When your calcitonin levels are low, you can expect low levels of this mineral.
What is Calcium?
Too much of this steroid in your testis can make you one quick-tempered, angry and aggressive man. You're definitely going to need a time out!
What is testosterone?
Located in your posterior, this gland takes care of your bones, your muscles and your blood flow by releasing PTH to regulate some very important minerals.
Hormones are responsible for breaking down this sugar molecule, essential to cellular respiration and many other bodily functions.
What is glucose?
In order to control diabetes, a patient must constantly be vigilant about the levels of this in their blood?
When your thyroid fails to secrete sufficient hormones to meet your very busy lifestyle, you may develop this condition.
What is hypothyroidism?
Both men and women can actually produce this hormone. But it's much more common in women, especially to provide milk for their newborn.
Referred to as "cap hats" the adrenal glands sit above this organ.
What are the kidneys?
What is through the blood?
What is a goiter?
Low steroid levels of this hormone can make you loose out on some much needed zzzz's. No sweet dreams for you!
Oxytocin levels definitely increase during this life changing event. For most people, they may tell you it's quite a painful one!
What is childbirth?
It's in this area of the pancreas that glucagon and insulin are produced.
What is the Islet of Langerhans?
Some hormones may travel through pathways within an area that allows them to be realesed more quickly. These pathways are called...
What are ducts?
Low levels of calcitonin can cause bone degradation in women and usually happens with old age. This is a condition that can cause bones to be brittle and curve.
What is osteoporosis?