CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
ENDOCRINE
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adrenal glands (adrenal cortex); regulates blood glucose levels and helps metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
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adrenal glands (adrenal cortex); regulates blood pressure, electrolyte concentrations, and fluid volume in the body
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pituitary gland (anterior); stimulates milk production and breast development in females
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adrenal glands (adrenal medulla); intensifies stress and triggers the body’s “fight-or-flight” response, causing increased heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your adrenal glands are responsible for producing and releasing the following essential hormones: Cortisol: Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone that plays several important roles. It helps control your body’s use of fats, proteins and carbohydrates.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone produced by the zona fasciculata that plays several important roles in the body. It helps control the body’s use of fats, proteins and carbohydrates; suppresses inflammation; regulates blood pressure; increases blood sugar; and can also decrease bone formation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cortisol is a hormone produced by the two adrenal glands, which are located on top of each kidney. The pituitary gland in the brain regulates cortisol production. Cortisol plays an important role in the stress response.
Detailed explanation-4: -The adrenal gland secretes steroid hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone. It also makes precursors that can be converted to sex steroids (androgen, estrogen). A different part of the adrenal gland makes adrenaline (epinephrine).
Detailed explanation-5: -Though widely known as the body’s stress hormone, Cortisol has a variety of effects on different functions throughout the body. It is the main glucocorticoid released from the zona fasciculata layer of the adrenal cortex. The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis regulates both production and secretion of cortisol.