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What gland or glands control both the short and long term stress responses of the body?
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What gland in the body helps deal with stress?
The glands that help the body recover from stress are the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands also help the body to respond to emergencies.
What are two endocrine glands or regions that are important in the stress response?
The adrenal glands are chiefly responsible for the stress response in the body; however, the hypothalamus plays a role because it causes the pituitary gland to secrete hormones that travel to the adrenal glands initiating the stress response within the body. The adrenal gland is also known as emergency gland and releases more adrenaline under stress.
What GLAND causes trouble with control of all other glands?
The pituitary gland is considered the "master gland", which secretes hormones, which controls the other glands.
What does the sweat gland control?
The sweat glands control body temperature.
What group of glands helps the thyroid gland control blood calcium?
Its is the Parathyroid Glands
What gland is responsible for the bodys short term response to stress?
There are a few components in the body which control the response to stress. These glands are the hypothalamus and pituitary glands in the brain, and the adrenal glands which are located on the kidneys.
Perspiration glands with a role in temperature control?
eccrine-sweat gland
Which gland is known as the master gland because it secretes hormones that control the functions of other endocrine glands?
The pituitary gland
What gland releases stress hormones?
The adrenal glands release adrenaline, the hormone most often associated with the fight or flight response and danger.
What 4 glands each of which is the size of a grain of rice are embedded in the postior surface of the thyroid gland?
The four glands, each of which is the size of a grain of rice, that are located around the surface of the thyroid gland is the parathyroid gland. The parathyroid glands control calcium regulation, which is the amount of calcium that is in the blood and within the bones.
Which anatomy gland is referred to as the master gland?
The pituitary gland. It makes more hormones that control other glands and body functions.
Does the pituitary gland regulate glands growth?
Hormones secreted from the pituitary gland help control(regulate) growth.
