What is a adrenal gland and also explane thymut and parathyroip gland

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Arun · Answer

The adrenal glands are small glands located on top of each kidney. They produce hormones that you can't live without, including sex hormones and cortisol. Cortisol helps you respond to stress and has many other important functions. With adrenal gland disorders, your glands make too much or not enough hormones.

Apurva Sharma · Answer

adrenal glands : our body has a pair of adrenal glands on the top of each kidney. it secretes two hotmones called adrenaline and nor-adrenaline in response to stress and any kind of emergency situation. thus these are called emergency hormone or flight or fight hormones.

Apurva Sharma · Answer

thymus gland : this gland is located on dorsal side of heart and arota, it is a lobular structure. it secretes peptide hormones called Thymosins which help in differentiation of T-lymphocytes and thus provide cell mediated immunity. parathyroid gland : present on back of thyroid gland. it secretes the peptide hormone called Prathyroid hormone. it increases calcium(Ca 2+ ) levels in the blood and acts on bones and srtimulates bone restoration.

REENU SIVADARSHINI.M · Answer

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

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What is a adrenal gland and also explane thymut and parathyroip gland

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