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What is the bdifference between the pineal gland and the pineal body?
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No Difference.^_^
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Is the pineal gland the lightest organ on the body?
If based on the premise that the pineal gland is the smallest organ in the body, then it could be argued that yes, the pineal gland is also the lightest organ in the body. It also called the pineal body, or "third eye" and is located between the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the shortest gland in human body?
the pituitary gland, and is also the one that produces the most hormones.
What gland controls influences the sleep-wakefulness cycle?
It would be an overstatement that a gland is responsible for sleep, however, the pineal gland does have some connection to sleep. It secretes a hormone called melatonin which contributes to sleepiness.
What gland helps regulate the release of gonadotropin and controls the body pigmentation?
The pineal gland
What the differences between pituitary gland and pineal glands?
No, the pineal gland and the pituitary gland are not the same. The pituitary gland is located below the hypothalamus connected to it by the infundibulum. The pituitary is responsible for the secretion of oxytocin, antidiuretic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, thyroid- stimulating hormone, prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and growth hormone. In contrast, the pineal gland is part of the epithalamus attached to the third ventricle. Cells of the pineal gland convert serotonin to melatonin which helps regulate the body's circadian rhythms.
Is the pineal gland the lightest organ on the body?
If based on the premise that the pineal gland is the smallest organ in the body, then it could be argued that yes, the pineal gland is also the lightest organ in the body. It also called the pineal body, or "third eye" and is located between the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the shortest gland in human body?
the pituitary gland, and is also the one that produces the most hormones.
List 2 endocrine glands present in brain?
The ones I know about are: 1. Pineal Gland also known as Pineal Body or Epiphysis Celebri 2. Pituitary Gland
According to Descartes the site in the brain at which the mind and body interact is the?
The pineal gland. Descartes had a lot of funny ideas about the pineal gland. The pineal gland, which is an endocrine gland, secretes melatonin, a regulatory hormone that is responsible for the sleep-wake cycle (circadian rhythm). http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/
Which organ regulate body temperature?
Pineal gland
What gland controls influences the sleep-wakefulness cycle?
It would be an overstatement that a gland is responsible for sleep, however, the pineal gland does have some connection to sleep. It secretes a hormone called melatonin which contributes to sleepiness.
What gland helps regulate the release of gonadotropin and controls the body pigmentation?
The pineal gland
In which organ of the body is the pineal gland?
it is the private part of a boy
What influences body rhythms and interacts with the biological clock?
Pineal body (gland)
Influences body rhythms and interacts with the biological clock?
Pineal body (gland)
What gland controls how your body uses food for energy pituitary thymus thyriod pineal?
my gland
What body parts that reduce in size with no apparent function?
pineal gland
