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| DUCTLESS GLANDS RELEASE HORMONES RIGHT INTO THE BLOOD STREAM. THE BODY'S DUCTLESS GLANDS ARE THE THYROID, PARATHYROIDS, THYMUS, PITUITARY GLAND, PINEAL BODY, SUPRARENALS, PARAGANGLIA, AORTIC GLANDS, GLOMUS CAROTICUM, GLOMUS, COCCYGEUM, AND THE SPLEEN. SOMETIMES THE LYMPH AND HEMOLYMPH NODES ARE ON THIS LIST. |
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| HORMONES ARE RELEASED FROM THE GLANDS AND EACH HORMONE MAKES THE BODY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE LIST IS TOO BIG TO LIST ON THIS CARD. |
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| STIMULATES PRODUCTION OF PANCREATIC JUICE AND BILE AND INTESTINAL SECRETION WHEN CHYME ENTERS THE DUODENUM |
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| HORMONE RELEASED BY THE PANCREAS'S ISLET CELLS INTO THE BODY'S OTHER CELLS. IT IS ATTACHED TO THE CELLS BY INSULIN RECEPTORS AND TAKEN INTO THE CELL TO USE FOR ENERGY. DIABETES OCCURS WHEN SOMEONE HAS A LOW INCULIN LEVEL OR WHEN THE CELLS DON'T RECIEVE THE INSULIN CORRECTLY. |
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| HORMONE RELEASED BY THE THYROID GLAND. IT CAUSES THE METABOLISM TO RUN AT A NORMAL SPEED. TOO MUCH THYROXIN CAUSE HYPERTHYROIDISM, WHICH MAKES TH METABOLISM RUN AT A VERY HIGH RATE AND CAUSES THE PERSON TO LOSE WEIGHT AND FEEL OVERLY ENERGETIC AND JITTERY. HYPOTHYROIDISM IS THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM AND CAUSES THE METABOLISM TO SLOW DOWN, WHICH CAUSES THE PERSON TO GAIN WEIGHT, EXPERIENCE EXTREME FATIGUE AND SWELLING OF THE NECK AND FACE IN ADDITION TO OTHER SYMPTOMS. |
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