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Which gland consists of two lobes?
Pituitary gland
Which hormone makes your bones develop and increase in size over time?
Growth hormone
Which lobe secrestes prolactin?
anterior pituitary lobe
What do hormones act as?
They act as "chemical messengers" that activiate, stop, accelerate or delay many processes carried about by organs and tissues
Which hormones regulate growth and cause an increase in cell metabolic activity
T3 and T4
Which hormone helps regulate the calcium in the blood?
Calcitonin
The glands over the kidneys
Adrenal glands
What controls the amount of glucose in the blood?
The pancreas
What reduces the amount of glucose in the blood by facilitating its entry into the cells?
Insulin
What part increases the amount of glucose in the blood?
Glucagon
what glands secrete estrogen?
Ovaries
What gland secretes testosterone?
Testes
What gland secretes adrealine?
Medulla
What does the cortex do when you are stressed?
Produces more cortisol
What is the function of the parathyroid?
it increases the amount of calcium in the flood
What is the function of oxytocin?
stimulates uterine contractoins in childbirth and breast milk expulsion after childbirth
