What are Pregnancy Tests?
Pregnancy Tests are a medical test which women have to find out if they have become pregnant. A pregnancy test measures a hormone in the body called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). HCG is a hormone…
Topics: Hormone
Testosterone
Testosterone is the key sex hormone found in men. It regulates male fertility, muscle mass, red blood cell production and overall physical features. It is most often linked with sex drive and plays an essential…
Actions of Parathyroid Hormone
Actions of Parathyroid Hormone Parathyroid hormone regulates the body’s calcium levels. It controls the calcium in our blood and bones. The thyroid gland regulates the body’s metabolism and has no effect on calcium levels while…
Role of Parathyroid Hormone in regulation of Calcium Metabolism
Parathyroid hormone regulates the body’s calcium levels. It controls the calcium in our blood and bones. The thyroid gland regulates the body’s metabolism and has no effect on calcium levels while parathyroid glands control calcium…
Metabolic functions of Insulin
Insulin is a hormone that is significant for metabolism and deployment of energy from the ingested nutrients – especially glucose. It is a protein chain or peptide hormone. It helps keeps your blood sugar level…
Function of Thyroid Hormone
Thyroid Hormone act to increase the basal metabolic rate, affect protein synthesis, help regulate long bone growth and neural maturation, and increase the body’s sensitivity to catecholamines by permissiveness. The thyroid hormones control essential body…
Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Secretion (THS)
Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). They act to increase the basal metabolic rate, affect protein synthesis, help regulate long bone growth and…
Mechanism of Action of Thyroid Hormone
Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). They act to increase the basal metabolic rate, affect protein synthesis, help regulate long bone growth and…
Biosynthesis of Thyroid Hormone
Thyroid hormones are hormones produced by the thyroid gland that have roles in metabolism. Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). They act to…
Thyroid Hormones
Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). They act to increase the basal metabolic rate, affect protein synthesis, help regulate long bone growth and…
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