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- 2. what is lacking affinity for water?
- 4. what is a basal part of the diencephalon that lies beneath the thalamus on each side, forms the floor of the third ventricle and includes vital autonomic regulatory centers?
- 7. what is caused or characterized by secretory disturbances of the pituitary gland?
- 9. what is a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that induces lactation?
- 11. what is relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell?
- 12. what is a vertebrate hormone that is derived from serotonin is secreted by the pineal gland especially in response to darkness, and has been linked to the regulation of circadian rhythms?
- 13. what is a rare disorder in which the adrenal glands do not make enough of certain hormones?
- 14. what is releasing hormones?
- 15. what is producing, being, or relating to a secretion that is released outside its source?
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- 1. what is a large bilobed endocrine gland of vertebrates lying at the anterior base of the neck and producing especially the hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine?
- 3. what is a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and the regulation of glucose levels in the blood and that when insufficiently produced results in diabetes mellitus?
- 5. what is having a strong affinity for water?
- 6. what is relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on adjacent cells?
- 8. what is secreting internally?
- 10. what is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland or obtained synthetically that increases blood pressure and decreases urine flow?