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The ________ is largely responsible for maintaining blood sugar (glucose) levels at or near a set point.

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The adrenal cortex makes dozens of steroid hormones known collectively as ________.

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Hypersecretion of GH that causes overgrowth of the hands and feet, abnormal thickening of the bones of the face, and excessive overgrowth of soft tissue, occurring in adulthood, is called ________.

In children, failure to attain normal height or abnormally slow growth are symptoms of ________.

One special class of hormones, ________, is particularly powerful because they can bind to sites inside cells by passing easily through the target cell membrane.

Which of the following is true of the adrenal medulla?

Which of the endocrine organs can effectively control the pituitary gland?

____________ hormone stimulates tissue growth.

Oversecretion of growth hormone (GH) in adults, after bones have stopped growing, causes ________.

Explain how one endocrine gland is controlled by another.

Which of the following hormones are directly controlled by the nervous system?

________, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, is also an autoimmune disorder.

Symptoms of Addison's disease include all of the following except ________.

The ________ gland secretes thyroxine.

Glucagon lowers blood sugar.

The pancreas secretes insulin and ____________.

A patient experiences agitation, increased heart rate and blood pressure.She thinks she is going insane.She has a hormone imbalance called _____________________.

If GH secretion is insufficient during childhood, children do not grow to the standard height.This is a type of ________.

Uterine contractions are increased by the hormone ____________.

Norepinephrine is both a hormone and a neurotransmitter.