The thymus is more active in adulthood or in puberty?
Puberty
What is the cell that stimulates thymosin?
T cells
What two hormones are produced in the pancreas?
Insulin and glucagon
Insulin decrease glucose levels. True or false?
TRUE
Glucagon increases glucose levels. True or false?
TRUE
Where is it possible to find the Adrenal glands?
Above the kidneys.
In the medulla we can find two hormones. What are their names?
glucorticoids & mineralcocorticoids
epinephrine & norepinephrine
epinerin & norepinerin
glucocorticoids & mineralocorticoids
Select the one that glucocorticoids do:
bloats the body
mensual cycle
regulate iron
regulates metabolism
Mineralocorticoids do not do one of the following:
regulates levels of minerals
cell division
metabolic reactions in the body
regulates blood pressure
What are GONADS?
Reproductive glands
What are the two main hormones in the female reproductive glands?
estrogen & progesterone
What is the main hormone in the male reproductive gland?
testosterone
