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What is the gland that is responsible for producing a hormone that increases the level of calcium ions in the blood called?

The gland responsible for producing a hormone that increases the level of calcium ions in the blood is the parathyroid gland. The hormone produced is called parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps regulate calcium levels in the body by increasing calcium absorption from the intestines and releasing it from bones.


What hormone increases water retention by the kidney tubules when water content decreases from the optimum?

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also known as vasopressin, increases water reabsorption by the kidney tubules when water content decreases from the optimum level. ADH helps to concentrate urine and reduce water loss from the body.


What makes levels of TSH low in graves disease?

In graves disease, TSH level is lowered by thyroid gland, when it makes more thyroid hormone.


Regulating the hormone levels in the blood is it positive or negative feedback?

When the level of the particular hormone increases, the stimulating hormone level deceases and vice verse is there. So for example, when the level of the thyroid hormone increases, the level of the thyroid stimulating hormone decreases and vise verse. This is called as negative feed back system. This is how the negative feed back system works. In this type of regulation, you have a particular level of the hormone is set to have a desired level of the hormone, in your body. Some times this setting is changed. So you may have low level of the thyroid hormone or high level of the thyroid hormone is set, at your hand. This is probably done, some times, under the supervision of the higher centre called as hypothalamus. Hypothalamus is situated at the base of your brain. From hypothalamus, you get the releasing factors. In this case, the thyroid releasing factor. Many such factors regulate the 'setting' of hormone levels of your body. But again, this hypothalamus is not the 'ultimate' centre of regulation. Overall brain has direct or indirect effect on the hypothalamus. Your brain is not again the 'ultimate' centre of regulation. The brain is affected by genetic influence and have impact of the surrounding events on the same. All this is necessary for proper control of your homeostasis. Otherwise the thyroid could have secreted the hormone at particular pace regardless of any necessary control, for example.


What does thyroid hormone do to basal metabolic rate?

Tyroxine (T4) or tetraiodothyronine, is a thyroid hormone that synthesize and secreted by thyroid gland and capable of increase the basal metabolic rate in the body. Excessive secretion of thyroxine by thyroid gland will cause the hyperthyroidism which has symptoms include the abnormal basal metabolic rate above the normal level. On the other hand, the insufficient of the secretion of thyroid hormone or thyroxine will cause the hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism's symptoms include the basal metabolic rate that below the normal level.

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What hormone do the parathyroid grands secrete and what does this hormone do?

Parathyroid glands secrete Parathamone hormone.It increases the Calcium level and decreases Phosphate level.


What does parathyroid hormone do do the body?

It increases Calcium level.It reduces phosphate level.


Parathyroid hormone regulated?

It increases the calcium level.It decreses the phosphste level.


Can hormone level affect the weeks of pregnancy?

Yes, if your hormone level drops it can cause you to have a misscarriage. Don't know if it can accelerate it though.


What is the gland that is responsible for producing a hormone that increases the level of calcium ions in the blood called?

The gland responsible for producing a hormone that increases the level of calcium ions in the blood is the parathyroid gland. The hormone produced is called parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps regulate calcium levels in the body by increasing calcium absorption from the intestines and releasing it from bones.


Which hormone acts antagonistically to insulin produced by the same endocrine organ?

That is the hormone glucogon. It increases the sugar level


How can the CEA level in a patient be temporarily increased?

Certain types of cancer treatments, such as hormone therapy for breast cancer, may actually cause the CEA level to go up. This elevation does not accurately reflect the state of the disease.


What hormone increases water retention by the kidney tubules when water content decreases from the optimum?

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also known as vasopressin, increases water reabsorption by the kidney tubules when water content decreases from the optimum level. ADH helps to concentrate urine and reduce water loss from the body.


Why do girls get emotional intellectual and social changes trough puberty?

The girls behave this way as the hormone level in them increases.


Which endocrine gland releases a hormone that increases blood sugar level?

The pancreas (glucagon) and the adrenal glands (cortisol).


What makes levels of TSH low in graves disease?

In graves disease, TSH level is lowered by thyroid gland, when it makes more thyroid hormone.


Domperidone how long for milk production to start?

Domperidone increases the level of a hormone (prolactin) in your body, which is involved in breast milk production. Therefore as the prolactin level is raised the amount of breast milk produced increases.