adrenaline and thyroxine

Question 1

adrenaline what is it

Answer 1

adrenaline is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands (which sit on-top of the kidneys)

Question 2

when is adrenaline produced

Answer 2

adrenaline is produced during fight or flight response. when you get scared, stressed or beed to exercise. it prepares the body for activity

Question 3

what doe’s adrenaline do to the body

Answer 3

increases heart rate

increases blood pressure

increases blood flow to muscles

increases blood sugar levels by stimulating the liver to break glycogen down into glucose

Question 4

where is thyroxine produced

Answer 4

thyroid gland in the neck

Question 5

what does thyroxine do

Answer 5

thyroxine has lots of roles in the body
including growth and development but the main role is to increase your metabolic rate

Question 6

how is production of thyroxine regulated

Answer 6

the pituitary gland produces thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine
thyroxine then inhibits the production of TSH from the pituitary gland