Hormones
- Created by: 13mlilli
- Created on: 21-02-18 21:45
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- Hormones
- ADH
- Pituitary glands
- Controls water content
- Increases permeability of nephron walls
- Insulin
- Pancreas
- Controls blood sugar levels
- Stimulates liver to turn glucose to glycogen
- Testosterone
- Testes
- Male sex hormone
- Male secondary sex characteristics
- Oestrogen
- Ovaries
- Female sex hormone
- Female secondary sex characteristics + menstrual cycle
- Progesterone
- Ovaries
- Supports pregnancy
- Maintains lining of uterus
- Adrenaline
- Adrenal glands
- 'Fight or flight' response
- Increases heart rate, blood flow + blood sugar level
- ADH
- Adrenaline
- Adrenal glands
- 'Fight or flight' response
- Increases heart rate, blood flow + blood sugar level
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