ADH is released in response to dehydration. They act on the kidneys for water retention. Simultaneously, the hypothalamus signals a thirst... View Article
The negative feedback loops that direct the hypothalamic-pituitary axis include - Short-loop feedback: pituitary hormones cause negative... View Article
Salt balance is primarily achieved by neurohypophyseal peptides and mineralocorticoids such as arginine vasotocin and arginine vasopressin. The... View Article
The pancreas regulates blood sugar. The small pancreatic islets have three types of cells - beta, alpha and delta. The pancreas forms a part of... View Article
Gut hormones operate in association with the extensive nervous system of the gut, they perform a coordinating role in - Food digestion Control... View Article
Kidneys make two important hormones - erythropoietin and vitamin D. Vitamin D - Essential for many different functions in the body Blood... View Article
Acute renal failure refers to a sudden and typically temporary loss of function of the kidney, which can be so adverse that RRT would become a... View Article
Progesterone is involved in carrying out many functions - Facilitates the proliferation of uterine mucosa. Serves for implantation of the... View Article
Glucocorticoids perform the following physiological functions - In the muscle tissues, they inhibit the synthesis of proteins Influence the... View Article
The effects of Hypophysectomy seem to be almost completely because of the loss of adenohypophysis. Removing neurohypophysis only exerts no such... View Article
Insufficient secretion of the pituitary hormones can take place due to pituitary tumours of the gonad. The hypoactivity of this gland can cause... View Article
Some metabolic activities specifically assigned to this hormone are - Has an influence on the pace of skeletal growth and an increase in the... View Article
The anterior lobe is the largest lobe, sharing close to 70% of the net weight of the hypophysis. This structure originates from an embryonic... View Article
Glucagon is known to impact carbohydrate metabolism contrastingly to insulin. Glucagon activates adenylyl cyclase enzyme that is involved in the... View Article
Deficiency of insulin either caused by inadequate insulin production or by accelerated insulin destruction causes diabetes mellitus. The disease... View Article
The pancreas is both an endocrine and exocrine gland. Apart from cyclostomes, in all the vertebrates, the pancreas comprises these two types of... View Article
The pancreas is an endocrine and exocrine gland. It is located transversely behind and below the stomach between the curve of the spleen and... View Article
The cyclic AMP acts in the cell to begin many cellular activities before it itself gets destroyed. The different functions that it initiates are... View Article
The cyclic AMP is frequently referred to as the second messenger for hormone mediation. Several hormones exert effects on cells by causing the... View Article