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What is the hormone that produces milk during gestation
Oxytocin
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What is the pituitary
Pea Shaped gland
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What is Gigantism
Excessive GH release
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What is a gland
Group of cells that jointly secret hormones to the body
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What is Androgen
The bundle of all male hormones is
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What is the hormone that influences sleep
Melatonin
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What is the function of the testes and ovaries
Glands that produce eggs and sperm
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What is Growth Hormone
Meaning of GH
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What is the overstimulation of the thyroid
Thyrotoxicosis
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What is the male and female hormones
Testosterone and Estrogen
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What is the function of the Thyroid
Gland that controls the metabolism
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What is Goiter
Enlarged thyroid causes
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What is pig
From what animal is insulin extracted for diabetes
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What is a hormone
A chemical reaction produced by the body that controls various things in the body
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What is the hormone produced when you are low on glucose?
Insulin
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What is the function of the hypothalamus
Keeps the Body at a regular weight and controls temperature
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What is Diabetes
Disease caused by lack of insulin
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What is Diabetes
Lots of Urination, dark neck blurry vision are signs of
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What is Epinephrine
Is secreted mainly by the medulla of the adrenal glands and that functions primarily to increase cardiac output and to raise glucose levels in the blood.
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What is the number of major hormones
7
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What is the endocrine glands
hypothalamus.
pituitary. thyroid. parathyroids. adrenals. pineal body. the ovaries. the testes. |
What is disease in the thyroid
Signs are lump in the neck and loss of weight
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What is Pituitary
The "Main Gland"
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What is Fight or Flight
A reaction by the body when in survival situations with the release of Adrenaline
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