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ADRENAL GLAND : IT IS MADE UP OF MODIFIED NEUROECTODERMAL CELLS IT SECRETES TWO HORMONES NAMELY ADRENALINE AND NONADRENALINE THEY ARE TOGETHER CALLED THE EMERGENCY HORMONES ,HORMONES OF FIGHT, FLIGHT, FRIGHT AS THEY RAPIDLY MOBILIZE THE BODY TO FACE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR STRESS
FUNCTIONS
*INCREASE THE HEART BEAT
*INCREASES THE ALERTNESS
* INCREASES RESIRATORY RATE
*DIALATION OF PUPIL
*CAUSE PROFUSE SWEATING
THYMUS GLAND:
IT IS A LYMPHOID MASS PRESENT ABOVE THE HEART . IT SECRETES THYMOSIN HORMONE WHICH STIMULATES THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE T LYMPHOCYTES TO RESIST INFECTION
PARATHROID :
THIS GLAND IS FOUND WITHIN THE THYROID GLAND AND PRODUCE A HORMONE CALLED PARATHORMONE AND CALCITONIN WHICH MAINTAIN CALCIUM AND METABOLISM