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Parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland produce calcitonin.
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What hormone causes a decrease in blood calcium levels?
The hormone is called as calcitonin. This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands.
What do the c cells of the thyroid gland produce?
Calcitonin
What is produced by parafollicular cells in the thyroid?
The parafollicular cells (also called C cells) secrete the hormone calcitonin. Calcitonin is a weak hormone that helps in the regulation of calcium in some animals. In humans, calcitonin has only a minor role in calcium regulation.
What gland produces thyroxine?
Thyroid Gland is the gland that produce the hormone thyroxin.
What gland produces perspiration?
Ceruminous glands
Does parathyroid gland secretes calcitonin?
No,it does not produce.Thyroid produces hormone Calcitonin.
Where produces calcitonin?
Parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland
What gland does Calcium levels in the blood and tissues are regulated by calcitonin working?
The thyroid gland produces calcitonin. The parathyroid gland produces PTH. Both hormones work together to regulate the amount of clcium in the blood and tissues.
What organ secretes calcitonin?
Calcitonin is a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone which is secreted in human beings primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known as C-cells) of the thyroid, it regulates calcium levels in the body
What gland produces the hormones?
The gland which produces the hormone Calcitonin is the Thyroid. It is secreted in response to elevated blood calcium levels but only has a minor role in controlling calcium levels in humans.
Glands or organs produces hormones that tend to decrease blood calcium levels?
The hormone calcitonin acts to reduce blood calcium
What endocrine gland is found in the calcitonin?
Thyroid gland
What are Two hormones produced by the endocrine system?
The Pituitary gland "the master gland" produces: FSH, LH, ACTH, TH, Prolatin, GH, Oxytocin, ADH and MSH. There are many more hormones produced by the endocrine system, these are the ones produced from the "master gland"
What does the thyroid gland secrete?
The Thyroid Gland secretes Calcitonin.
Which gland relates to the structure of calcium in blood?
The thyroid gland produces calcitonin which lowers blood calcium levels and the parathyroids produce parathyroid hormone which increases blood calcium levels.
What does the thyroids gland do for the human body?
The thyroid gland produces the hormones triiodothyronine and thyroxine, which regulate both metabolism and growth, as well as calcitonin, which helps to maintain levels of calcium in the body.
What organ does calcitonin come from?
Calcitonin comes from the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland in your throat.
