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Hormones
Hormones are biochemicals produced by the glands in a body. Hormones help to regulate the body's functions. They control hunger, mood, sleep, growth, and a number of other functions.
2,196 Questions
Does parathyroid hormone decrease calcium absorption from the gut?
In general, it increases calcium in the blood by increasing bone resorption.
The exception is when pth is given in spiked pulses, which is the case in some
medications (forteo, a pth analogue) which can paradoxically decrease bone resorption.
Where is antidiuretic hormone stored?
Antidiuretic hormone is made in the hypothalamus and then stored in the axon terminals (or nerve ends) of the posterior pituitary gland, which lies just below the hypothalamus and is linked to it by a network of nerve fibres.
What is a prostaglandin analogue?
Prostaglandin analogues are molecules that behave like prostaglandins by binding to prostaglandin receptors. Misoprostol is the most commonly used prostaglandin analogue.
What structure functions as a digestive organ and also produces a hormone?
That is the stomach. It produces the hormone gastrin
Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas and released into the blood; therefore insulin is found in the blood.
For diabetic people, insulin medication is administered by (and therefore found in) vials and administered with single-use syringes with needles, insulin pumps, or preloaded insulin pens, and inhalers. This type of insulin is derived from pigs and cattle, or yeast and are manufactured under sterile laboratory conditions.
Indications and contraindications of oxytocin challenge test?
prematurity, drug addiction, hypertension, uterine activity
Can a mother lift up a car because she has so much adrenaline to save her child?
yes, but don't go out and try to lift a car. Humans, and all animals are wired with a self preservation switch, when a mother sees her child in danger, that switch is turned off because she is solely consumed with saving the child and the brain shuts off this self preservation switch. The mother can harness all the strength in her muscles now to lift an extraordinary weight, but this comes with a price of potentially doing major damage by tearing muscle tissue.
ACE inhibitors reduce blood pressure by causing less aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone to be released, resulting in more water output and a lowering of the blood volume, which lowers the blood pressure.
No, you need the same dosage as anyone else. There are some medications given by body weight, like anaesthetics, but for most things anadult dose is an adult dose. the pills are only made in set dosages anyway.
