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When you're healthy, your pancreas (an organ behind your stomach) releases insulin to help your body store and use sugar from the food you eat. Diabetes happens when one or more of the following happens: Your pancreas doesn't make any insulin. Your pancreas makes very little insulin. Your...
in turn, travel to different tissues and regulate many bodily functions, such asmetabolism, growth and sexual function, according toJohns Hopkins Medicine. For example, thepancreasreleases the
Both the adrenal medulla and the adrenal cortex are a. endocrine glands. b. found in the same organ. c. involved in our response to stress. d. All of these are correct. Which of the following is(are) mostly involved in a long-lasting response to stress? a. Mineralocorticoids. b. Glu...
The Pumping Organ: One of the most vital organs in the body, the heart is assigned the role of pumping blood with such a force that it reaches every individual cell. The blood carries with it nutrients as well as oxygen which are to be delivered to all the cells. Another important funct...
What are the dangers of high blood sugar? Glucose is precious fuel for all the cells in your body when it's present at normal levels. But it can behave like a slow-acting poison. High sugar levels slowly make cells in your pancreas less able to make insulin. The organ overcorrects, an...
Female mammals have a separate reproductive system, unlike males. And when it comes to humans, this reproduction system includes ovaries as the main organ. Producing menstrual periods, ova and constituting the pregnancy is the central concept of this ovary system. However, in some cases, these ov...
I think that the term accessory organs is a little misleading. All organs have a purpose in the body. If an accessory organ stops functioning, it might not cause immediate harm to the body and death like vital organs, but it will still cause problems. ...
Melanin C. Insulin D. Oxytocin E. Melatonin What hormones and regulating hormones are in the pituitary-hypothalamus loop? What organ sends signals to the pituitary gland that regulate its secretion activity? A. hypothalamus B. anterior pituitary C. pineal gland D. stomach a. What hormones are ...
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