Biologia

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•Thyroid gland: secretes 2 hormones 

        -thryroxine: stimulates cell metabolism 

        -calcitonin: causes bone calcification

•Páncreas: produces 2 hormones

        -insulin: reduces blood glucose levels

        -glucagon: has the opposite function to insulin 
•Pineal gland: produces the pituitary gland that stimulate hormone

•Parathyroid glands: secrete parathyroid hormone

•Adrenal glands: -cortex: secretes hormones called corticosteroids

                           -medulla: secretes sympathetic neurotransmitors 

•Ovaries: produce 2 types Of hormone:

                -frénale sex hormones or oestrogen 

                -progesterone 

•Testicles: produce male sex hormones or androgens 

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