Glucagon: Hormone helps increase blood sugar by stimulating cells to convert glycogen to glucose.
Oxytocin: Hormone initiates Strong uterine contractions and triggers milk let down in lactating females.
Cortisol: Hormone helps breakdown adipose tissue to fatty acids to provide a source of energy in times of stress.
Insulin: hormone helps decrease blood sugar by stimulating cells to store it as glycogen.
Thyroid Gland: regulatory hormone controls the amount of a hormone produced in the thyroid.
Insulin and Glucagon: Hormone helps regulate metabolism by controlling the rate that glucose is oxidized in body cells.
Pituitary gland: Regulatory hormone controls the amount of thyroid stimulating hormone released by the pituitary.
Adrenal cortex: hormone helps signal the release of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids.
Growth hormone : Low secretions of this hormone during childhood lead to dwarfism.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH): hormone lowers the amount of calcium found in the blood.
I don’t know!!!! : Hormone promotes the use of fat as a fuel source instead of glucose.
Parathyroid Hormone: Hormone causes an increase in phosphate secretion in the kidneys.
FSH and LH : what hormone stimulates spermatogenesis
Epinephrine: hormones can increase blood pressure
Cortisol: This hormone is crucial to long term stress response.
Insulin: Without this hormone, hyperglycemia can result.
I don’t know !!!! : In the female, this hormone stimulates ovulation and the formation and maintenance of the corpus luteum.
The adrenal glands, located at the top of each kidney, produce hormones that help the body control blood sugar, burn protein and fat, react to stressors like a major illness or injury, and regulate blood pressure. Two of the most important adrenal hormones are cortisol and aldosterone.
A major organ of the endocrine system, the anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis or pars anterior), is the glandular, anteriorlobe that...
