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What is the gland and location in the body that responds to emergency situations?
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∙ 12y ago
adrenal gland.
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What gland is known as the emergency center of the body?
The adrenal gland is known as the emergency center of the body.
Which gland in the human body is known as the emergency gland?
Adrenal gland
What is the muscle fiber or gland cell that responds to the efferent impulses?
Effector
What gland responds to a lack of water in the body by releasing a hormone?
Pituitary
What is the gland that produces a hormone that is involved in the reaction to fearful and stressful situations?
Adrenal gland
Choose one endocrine gland how does it work?
target tissue and it produces the hormone which it responds
When the body is under stress what gland meets the emergency?
The adrenal gland produces adrenaline (epinephrine) which provides increase heart rate to help the body deal with the emergency.
What is an effector cell?
The effector cell responds to a nerve impulse and can be either a muscle cell or a gland cell.
Why adrenal glands called the emergency glands?
They are chiefly responsible for regulating the stress response through the synthesis of corticosteroids and catecholamines, including cortisol and adrenaline (epinephrine), respectively. They are known get active in fight, fear, and flight so called emergency gland
Which gland responds at puberty?
all the adrenals respond at puberty. the testis and ovaries respond too by producing large amounts of the respective sex hormone. The Pituitary gland.
What is emergency gland?
Emergency glands are also called as adrenals and are found on top of each kidney. they secrete hormones called adrenaline when the body suddenly faces an emergency situation.
Location of the para thyroid gland?
Two pairs of parathyroid glands are placed on the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. They are of very small size as compared to the thyroid gland.
