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What hormones does thyroid excrete?

There are two hormones. They are calcitonin and thyroxine


What hormone is produced by the thyroid gland?

There are two important hormones. They are tyroxine and calcitonin.


What are the different hormones?

There are actually hundreds of different hormones. Some of the hormones are Melatonin, Amylin, Calcitonin, Gastrin, Inhibin, Insulin and Renin.


What hormones oppose parathryoid hormones?

Calcitonin opposes the action of parathyroid hormone.


Which hormones increases the calcium levels in the blood?

Calcitonin - Thyroid Gland


What hormones deal with the calcium levels in the blood?

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin are the main hormones involved in regulating calcium levels in the blood. PTH helps increase calcium levels by promoting its release from bones and absorption from the intestine, while calcitonin helps decrease calcium levels by promoting its deposition in bones.


Is calcitonin water soluble?

yes..but Other thyroid Hormones like T4, T3 are fat-soluble unlike calcitonin..


What role do calcium play in homeostasis?

Three hormones: parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol (the active from of Vitamin D). These three hormones act on bone, the kidneys and the small intestine to keep calcium balance in you r body.


What hormone decreases blood calcium hormones?

Calcitonin decreases calcium levels in the blood. A good way to remember it is "Calcitonin tones down the calcium."Calcitonin (just remember calciTONin, tones down blood calcium)


What hormones are antagonists that regulate blood calcium ion levels?

parathyroid hormone/calcitonin


What hormones control calcium balance between bone and blood?

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin are the two main hormones that regulate calcium balance between bone and blood. PTH increases blood calcium levels by stimulating bone resorption and increasing calcium reabsorption in the kidney, while calcitonin decreases blood calcium levels by inhibiting bone resorption.


What does thyroid stimulating hormones do to your body?

It stimulates thyroid gland.So thyroid secretes calcitonin or thyroxine.